intarnet انترنات
Tunisian Derja · noun
“intarnet” (انترنات) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning internet.
Meanings
- internet
- internet connection, mobile data
Usage
Intarnet is the Tunisian adaptation of the word "internet". The final e is pronounced open, hence the spelling in -èt. In everyday use, the word mostly refers to the connection itself: 3andi intarnet ("I have signal, I have data"), ma3andich intarnet ("I have no connection"). It is also used for data plans: charger intarnet ("top up data"). The word is masculine and has no plural. It is used in all registers and by all generations. It coexists with the technical term 3, which refers to mobile data.
Example
ما عنديش انترنات، نبعثلك كيف نروّح.
ma3andich intarnet, nab3athlek kif nrawa7.
“I don't have a connection, I'll send it to you when I get home.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “intarnet” but also “internet”, “intarnèt” and “anternet”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.