“Because” in Tunisian Arabic

Examples

• نْحَبِّك خاطر إِنْتِي مْلِيحَةN7ebbek khater inti mli7aI love you because you are good

Did you know?

خاطِر khater means mind, thought. It turns up everywhere: فِي خاطْرِي (I have in mind / I fancy) and above all عَلى خاطْرِك (out of regard for you, to please you): a polite formula that softens any refusal or any favour.

In other entries

• عَلَى خاطِرْ · because

Seen in the same sentences

• نْحَبّ · I like / I want
• إِنْتِي · You
• مْلِيح · Good / Fine

More words · Linking words

• حَتَّى لكانْ · even if
• بِفَضْلْ · thanks to
• أَمَّا · But
• زَادَة · Also
• قْبَل · Before
• بَعْد · After
• مْعَا · With
• فُوق · On