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Adjectives in Tunisian Arabic

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In today's lesson you will learn some useful vocabulary about ¨ADJECTIVES¨ in Tunisian Arabic

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Adjectives in Tunisian Arabic

ENGLISH	TUNISIAN ARABIC	PRONUNCIATION IN ENGLISH	BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE
big (m) /	كبير	kih beer	grande /
big (f)	كبيرة	kih bee rah	grande (fem)
other (m) /	اخر	ah hahr	outro /
other (f)	حرة	hih rah	outra
large (m) /	واسع	ou ah seh aA	largo /
large (f)	واسعة	ou ah seh aA	larga
heavy (m) /	ثقيل	thih Qeel	pesado /
heavy (f)	ثقلة	thih Qee lah	pesada
small (m) /	صغير	Sih heer	pequeno /
small (f)	صغيرة	Sih hee rah	pequena
short (m) /	قصير	Qih Seer	curto /
short (f)	قصيرة	Qih See rah	curta
thin (m) /	ضعيف	DaA eef	magro /
thin (f)	ضعيفة	DaA ee fah	magra
good (m) /	باهي	baa Hee	bom /
good (f)	باهية	baa Hee ah	boa
dry (m) /	شايح	shaa ee aH	seco /
dry (f)	شايحة	shaa ee ah Hah	seca
dirty (m) /	امّسخ	ihm mah sahH	sujo /
dirty (f)	امّسخة	ihm mah sah Hah	suja
wet (m) /	مندّي	mih nehd dee	úmido /
wet (f)	مندّية	mih nehd dee ah	úmida
correct (m) /	متاكد	meh taak kehd	correto /
correct (f)	متاكدة	meh taak keh dah	correta
far (m) /	بعيد	baA eed	longe /
far (f)	بعيدة	baA ee dah	longe (fem)
old (m) /	قديم	Qih deem	velho /
old (f)	قديمة	Qih dee mah	velha
new (m) /	جديد	zhih deed	novo /
new (f)	جديدة	zhih dee dah	nova
full (m) /	مغبّي	maAb bee	cheio /
full (f)	مغبّية	maAb bee ah	cheia
cold (m) /	برد	behrd	frio /
cold (f)	بردة	behr dah	fria
warm (m) /	شخون	shih hoon	quente /
warm (f)	شخونة	shih hoo nah	quente (fem)

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