adhouma اذوما
Tunisian Derja · pronoun
“adhouma” (اذوما) is a pronoun in Tunisian Derja meaning these (postposed plural demonstrative).
Meanings
- these (postposed plural demonstrative)
- these ones
Usage
Adhouma is a plural demonstrative. It goes after a definite noun: el nharin adhouma ("these days"), el chhar adhouma ("these months"). It is very common in expressions of recent time, to place something in the current period. It is also found in the reinforced form hedhouma, which can also be used alone as a pronoun ("these ones"). It should not be confused with houma ("they, them"), which is a personal pronoun. In the singular, the corresponding forms are adheka and adhika, or hedha and hedhi.
Example
النهارات أذوما الكل خدمة.
el nharat adhouma el kol 5edma.
“These days, it's all work.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “adhouma” but also “adouma”, “edhouma” and “azouma”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.