“Fasted” (past) in Tunisian Arabic

In Tunisian Arabic, “Fasted” (the verb, as in purposefully restraint from food and or water, in the past tense) is written using the Latin script as:

(I) Somt

(You) Somt

(You, plural) Somtou

(He) Sam

(She) Samet

(We) Somna

(They) Samou

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

صمت (I)

صمت (You)

صمتو (You, plural)

صام (He)

صامت (She)

صمنا (We)

صامو (They)

Listen to these words pronounced (audio)

 

Examples in sentences or statements

 

“I fasted yesterday.”

Somt lbera7.

.صمت البارح

 

“I didn’t fast last ramadan.”

Masomtech romdhan eli fet.

.مصمتش رمضان الّي فات

 

“Did you fast yesterday?”

Somt lbera7?

صمت البارح؟

 

“Why did you two fast?”

3lech somtou?

علاش صمتو؟

 

“She fasted for 24 hours.”

Samet 24 se3a.

.صامت 24 ساعة

 

“He fasted on specific days for health benefits.”

Sam ayamet mou3aynen l asbeb se7eya.

.صام أيامات معيّنين لأسباب صحيّة

 

“Last month, we fasted for weight loss.”

Echhar eli fet, somna bech nedh3afou.

.الشهر الّي فات, صمنا باش نضعافو

 

“They fasted last ramadan.”

Samou romdhan eli fet.

.صامو رمضان الّي فات

 

“When did the Muslims fast for Ramadan last year?”

Wa9tech samou el moslmin romdhan 3amnewel?

وقتاش صامو المسلمين رمضان عمناول؟