"Less than" in Tunisian Arabic

In Tunisian Arabic, "Less than" (the phrase) is written using the Latin script as:

A9al

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

أقل

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Examples in sentences or statements

 
"The price is less than I thought it would be."

E soum a9al meli twa9a3tou.

.السوم أقل ملي توقعتو

 
"I've been here for less than a month."

Ena houni 3andi a9al men chhar.

.أنا هوني عندي أقل من شهر

 
"I've been learning Tunisian Arabic for a bit less than a week."

3andi a9al men jom3a net3alam fi tounsi.

.عندي أقل من جمعة نتعلم في التونسي

 
"There are less than I thought."

Fama a9al meli twa9a3t.

.فما أقل ملي توقعت

 
"The rental car price was less than I thought it would be."

Soum kra el karahba a9al meli twa9a3t.

.سوم كراء الكرهبة أقل ملي توقعت

 

Related words in Tunisian Arabic

"Than" in Tunisian Arabic

"Less" in Tunisian Arabic

In other Mediterranean languages and dialects