“Space”, “Spaces” in Tunisian Arabic

In Tunisian Arabic, “Space” (the noun, as in empty space) is written using the Latin script as:

(m) Espace

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

اسباس (m)

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

Espace

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

اسباس

Listen to these two words pronounced (audio)

 

Examples in sentences or statements

 
“We don’t have enough space in the car trunk.”

Ma3anech espace kefi fel malle.

.ماعناش اسباس كافي في المال

 
“You can put the boxes in that space in the closet.”

Tnajem t7ot e sneda9 fi heka l’espace fel 5zena.

.تنجم تحط الصنادق في هاكا الاسباس في الخزانة

 
“There is extra space in this room.”

Fama b zeyed espace bel bit hedhi.

.فما بزايد اسباس في البيت هاذي

 
“There are a lot of empty spaces in the parking lot.”

Fama barcha espace fel parking.

.فما برشا اسباس في الباركينغ

 
“I am going to put a couch in that space over there.”

Bech n7ot fauteuil fi heka l’espace ghady.

.باش نحط فوتاي في هاكا الاسباس غادي

 

In other Mediterranean languages and dialects

“Space”, “Spaces” (empty space) in Lebanese Arabic