“Who” in Tunisian Arabic
شْكُون
Chkoun
Who
To say “Who” in Tunisian Arabic, you say شْكُون, pronounced “Chkoun”. An intermediate-level word, very common. In the Derja app, it appears in 1 dialogue.
In the app's dialogues
- 🏠 At a friend's · Watching a matchأيه شكون يلعبeyh chkoun yel3abYes, who's playing?
Grammar notes
Asking questions
Question words go at the start of the sentence.
- وين تمشي ؟win temchi?Where are you going?
- شنوة تحب ؟chnouwa t7eb?What do you want?
- علاش ؟3lech?Why?
Possession with متاع (mte3)
The possessive "of": el kteb mte3i = my book.
- التليفون هذا متاع شكون ؟et-telifoun hedha mte3 chkoun ?Whose phone is this?
- الكتاب متاعيel kteb mte3iMy book (the book of mine)
- الدار متاعكed-dar mte3ekYour house
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