“Yellow” in Tunisian Arabic

In Tunisian Arabic, “Yellow” (the colour, in the singular form) is written using the Latin script as:

(m) Asfar

(f) Safra

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

أصفر (m)

صفرا (f)

Listen to these three words pronounced (audio)                                                                       

 

Examples in sentences or statements

 
“The flowers are yellow.”

Elward lounou asfar.

.لورد لونو أصفر

 
“A yellow dress.”

 Roubaa safraa.

.روبا صفرا 

 
“Bananas are yellow.”

Ilbanan lounou asfar.

.إلبنان لونو أصفر

 
“I’m going to paint it yellow and green.”

(if the painting project is simple) (m) Bish nlwanou bil lasfar w la5thar.

(if the painting project is simple) (f) Bish nlwanha bil lasfar w la5thar.

 
(Editor’s note: In Tunisian Arabic, depending on what is being painted determines the conventionally applicable word to express the act (the verb) of Paint. In the statement above, if something being painted is more simple in nature, such as a cup or a regular painting, the words (m) Nlwanou (نلونو) / (f) Nlwanha (نلونها) are used, whereas, if what is being painted is a larger object, such as a car or a garage, the words (m) Nedehnou (ندهنو) / (f) Nedhinha (ندهنها) are more applicably used.)
 

 

Other colours in Tunisian Arabic

“Blue” in Tunisian Arabic

“Red” in Tunisian Arabic

In other Mediterranean languages and dialects

“Yellow” in Lebanese Arabic