“Parent”, “Parents” (nouns) in Tunisian Arabic

In Tunisian Arabic, “Parent” (the noun, when speaking about specific parents) is written using the Latin script as:

(m) Bou

(f) Om

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

بو (m)

أمّ (f)

In Tunisian Arabic, “Parents” (the noun, when speaking generally about parents) is written using the Latin script as:

Weldin

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

والدين

In Tunisian Arabic, “Parents” (the noun, when speaking about specific parents) is written using the Latin script as:

Om w bou

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

أمّ و بو

Listen to these four terms pronounced (audio)

 

Examples in sentences or statements

 
“You two are good parents!”

Entouma om w bou behin!

!أنتوما أمّ و بو باهين

 
“Yes, I’m a parent.”

(m) Ey, ena bou.

(f) Ey, ena om.

.أيّ، أنا بو (m)

.أيّ، أنا أمّ (f)

 
“We’re the parents of…”

A7na om w bou…

…أحنا أمّ و بو

 
“These are my parents.”

Hedhouma omi w baba.

.هاذوما أمّي و بابا

 
“Many parents come to this event.”

Barcha weldin yjiw lel evenement hedha.

.برشا والدين يجيو للافينمون هذا

 

In other Mediterranean languages and dialects

“Parent”, “Parents” in Lebanese Arabic