film فيلم
Tunisian Derja · noun
“film” (فيلم) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning film, movie.
Meanings
- film, movie
- staged story, drama
Usage
Film is the usual loanword for "film". Its Arabic plural is aflem. You say tfarrej fi film (to watch a film) and film tounsi (a Tunisian film). Figuratively, the word describes an implausible story or a staged act: 3mal film, "to make a whole drama", and film hindi evokes an exaggerated melodrama. The word is fully integrated into derja. It is most often written as is in Latin letters, which does not mean it is perceived as foreign. The register is everyday.
Example
فيلم باش يعطيوا مصداقية لال حركة .
film bech yaatiou mesdakia lel haraka .
“A film to give credibility to the movement.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “film” but also “filme” and “fillm”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “film” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “film, movie”; “drama, made-up story”: film in Moroccan.