“Key”, “Keys” (nouns) in Tunisian Arabic

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

(m) Mefte7

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

مفتاح (m)

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

Mfeta7

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

مفاتح

Listen to these two words pronounced (audio)

 

Examples in sentences or statements

 
“This is the key for the door.”

Hedha el mefte7 mta3 el dar.

.هذا المفتاح متاع الدار

 
“Here are your keys.”

Hedhom el mfeta7 mte3ek.

.هاذم المفاتح متاعك

 
“Do you see the keys?”

Tchouf fel mfeta7?

تشوف في المفاتح؟

 
“The keys are on the table.”

El mfeta7 fou9 el tawla.

.المفاتح فوق الطاولة

 
“What is this key for?”

Hedha el mefte7 l chnowa?

هذا المفتاح لشنوّة؟

 

In other Mediterranean languages and dialects

“Key”, “Keys” (nouns) in Lebanese Arabic

“Key”, “Keys” (nouns) in Turkish