"Potato", "Potatoes" in Tunisian Arabic

In Tunisian Arabic, "Potato" (the noun, as in the food) is written using the Latin script as:

(f) Batata

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

بطاطا (f)

In Tunisian Arabic, "Potatoes" (the noun) is written using the Latin script as:

Batata

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

بطاطا

Listen to these two words pronounced (audio)

 

Examples in sentences or statements

 
"Can you wash the potatoes?"

Tnajm taghsl l batata?

تنجم تغسل البطاطا؟

 
"I bought a bag of potatoes earlier."

Jebt sac m3ebi b batata m bekri.

.جبت معايا ساك معبي بالبطاطا من بكري

 
"I'm going to bake the potatoes."

Bch nemchi ntayeb l batata.

.بش نمشي نطيب البطاطا

 
"Can you cut up the potatoes?"

Tnajm t9os l batata?

تنجم تقص البطاطا؟

 
"The potatoes are ready."

L batata 7athra.

.البطاطا حاضرة

 

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