“Half” in Tunisian Arabic

Examples

• الساعة تِسْعة وِ نُصّes sa3a tes3a w nossit's half past nine

In the app's dialogues

• 🚕 In a taxi · To the airportنص ساعة تقريبا، بعشرين دينارNos se3a ta9riban, b-3ichrin dinarAbout half an hour, for 20 dinars
• 🏛️ 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

Did you know?

At the grocer's (الحانُوت) and at the market, people happily buy by the نُصّ كِيلُو (half kilo) or the رْبُع كِيلُو: no need to take a whole kilo. And زِيد ziid (add…) is how you top up your order.

In other entries

• نُصّ النْهار · noon
• وِ نُصّ · half past
• نُصّ السُّومَة · half price

Seen in the same sentences

• تِسْعَة · Nine (9)
• سَاعَة · Hour
• تَقْرِيبًا · almost
• دِينَار · Dinar
• بَالِك · Maybe
• ما فمّاش · There isn't
• بَرْشَا · A lot
• عْبَاد · People / Persons

More words · Numbers

• سَبْعِين · Seventy (70)
• ثْمَانِين · Eighty (80)
• تِسْعِين · Ninety (90)
• أَلْف · Thousand (1000)
• رْبُع · Quarter
• مِلْيُون · Million (= 1,000 dinars in slang)
• كِيلُو · Kilo
• لِيتْرَة · Litre