“There isn't” in Tunisian Arabic
ما فمّاش
Ma femmech
There isn't
To say “There isn't” in Tunisian Arabic, you say ما فمّاش, pronounced “Ma femmech”. A beginner-level word, one of the essential words. In the Derja app, it appears in 1 dialogue.
In the app's dialogues
- 🏛️ At the town hall · Collecting papersبالك نص ساعة، ما فماش برشا عبادBalak noss se3a, ma femmech barcha 3bedMaybe half an hour, there aren't many people
Grammar notes
The negation ma…ch
It wraps the verb or adjective: ما (ma) before + ش (-ch) after.
- ما فمّاشma femmechThere isn't any
- ما نحبّشma n7ebbechI don't like / I don't want
- ما نعرفشma na3refchI don't know
Did you know?
For there is / there isn't, Tunisian says فَمّة / ما فَمّاش famma / ma fammech (literally there is a mouth). Very common: فَمّة مُشْكِلة ؟ (is there a problem?), ما فَمّاش مُشْكِلة (no problem).
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