“Colour”, “Colours” (nouns) in Tunisian Arabic

In Tunisian Arabic, “Colour” (the noun) is written using the Latin script as:

(m) Loun

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

لون (m)

In Tunisian Arabic, “Colours” (the noun) is written using the Latin script as:

Alwen

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

ألوان

Listen to these two words pronounced (audio)


 

Examples in sentences or statements

 
“What is your favourite colour?”

Chnoua a7sen loun 3andek?

شنوّة أحسن لون عندك؟

 
“I prefer that colour for painting my room.”

N5ayyer el loun hedheka leddhina mta3 biti.

.نخيّر اللون هاذاكا لدهينة بيتي

 
“Her eyes have a unique colour.”

Loun 3ineha yesser unique.

.لون عينيها ياسر أونيك

 
“My mother paints only with earth colours.”

Ommi torsom ken bel alwen ettourabiya.

.أمّي ترسم كان بالألوان الترابيّة

 
“That colour really suits you.”

Elloun heka yesser 5arej 3lik.

.اللون هاكا ياسر خارج عليك

 

In other Mediterranean languages and dialects

“Colour”, “Colours” (nouns) in Egyptian Arabic

“Colour”, “Colours” (nouns) in Lebanese Arabic

“Colour”, “Colours” (nouns) in Turkish
 

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