ntouma نتوما
Tunisian Derja · pronoun
“ntouma” (نتوما) is a pronoun in Tunisian Derja meaning you (plural).
Meanings
- you (plural)
Usage
Ntouma is the independent personal pronoun of the second person plural. It is used for both masculine and feminine. It is not used as a polite form of address to a single person: for that, enti is kept, or other forms of respect are used. It is mainly used for emphasis or contrast: ntouma chnowa t7ebbou? ("and you, what do you want?"). Most of the time it is omitted, since the verb already carries the person marker. There is also the variant ntouma.
Example
نتوما وقتاش جايين؟
ntouma waktech jayin?
“And you, when are you coming?”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “ntouma” but also “entouma”, “ntoma”, “intouma” and “ntuma”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “ntouma” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “you (plural)”: ntouma in Moroccan.
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “you (plural)”: ntouma in Algerian.