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Tunisian stories by ilès team

The Mother-in-Law and Her Three Daughters-in-Law (Tun. Stories No. 8)

Translation, TunisianBy ArneOctober 17, 2022Leave a comment

Once upon a time, there was a treasurer of merchants who had three sons. Once his sons were old enough for marriage, he told his wife that it was time to find them spouses. “Let us first settle a thorny matter.” said his wife. “Having daughters-in-law in the same house will not be easy. The…

Tunisian stories by ilès team

 The Gardener and the Peach Tree (Tun. Stories No. 7)

Translation, TunisianBy ArneJune 17, 2022Leave a comment

Once upon a time, there was a gardener who worked for a sultan. One winter day, he found a large peach, the size of an orange, hanging from the peach tree. He was amazed at the sight because it was not the season for peaches to grow. As the sultan was strolling around the garden,…

Tunisian stories by ilès team

The Merchant and His Son (Tun. Stories No. 6)

Translation, TunisianBy ArneJanuary 13, 2022Leave a comment

Once upon a time in Tunis, there was a well-regarded wealthy merchant who had many shops, a house in the center of town and another summer house in Sidi Bou Said. He also had a country estate on the hill of Sidi Yahia and an olive orchard in Tebourba. He had many servants and workers.…

Tunisian stories by ilès team

The merchant who wrote his will while still alive (Tun. Stories No. 5)

Translation, TunisianBy ArneDecember 2, 2021Leave a comment

Once there was a talented merchant who was successful in his thriving business (God bless him). Any goods he purchased would bring him good fortune. He was blessed with good luck until one day when all the merchants in the market had had enough of his rising prosperity and began to cause him trouble. The…

New words: How neologisms emerge during the Covid 19 pandemic

LinguisticsBy UlrikeOctober 18, 2021Leave a comment

The vocabulary of a given language is constantly changing: new words emerge, old words “die,” i.e., they are no longer actively used and eventually no longer understood. This process varies according to the type of word: new nouns, adjectives and verbs emerge quickly and spontaneously. Other types of words, such as articles or numeral words,…

The ethnographic film: a source for language and linguistics, com

Fun, LinguisticsBy UlrikeOctober 9, 2021Leave a comment

When I wrote the blog post “Linguistics and Linguists in Film” over a year ago, I thought that for a brief period we would have to confine our lives to the living room, bedroom, and kitchen. Now we still can’t travel without restrictions, and those of us who wanted to do projects on the ground…

Tunisian stories by ilès team

The merchant and the carrier (Tun. Stories No. 4)

Translation, TunisianBy ArneSeptember 17, 2021Leave a comment

Once upon a time, there was a merchant in Baghdad. There came a year when trade was stagnant. The next year was the same, there was no rain and so there were no goods for people to buy. Many people went out of business and he feared he would too. “What am I still doing…

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Why a translation into an Arabic dialect is not necessarily easier

TranslationBy ArneApril 12, 2021Leave a comment

Once in a while, we get requests to translate from English or French into North African dialects. For historical and political reasons, these languages are often referred to as dialects. But according to Ethnologue (www.ethnologue.com, see below) and other sources, these Arabic varieties are languages in their own right. Colloquial Arabic in Libya, Tunisia, Algeria,…

Tunisian stories by ilès team

The hanged man and the dead woman (Tun. Stories No. 3)

Translation, TunisianBy ArneMarch 9, 2021Leave a comment

Last Sunday, our tale was about fear and the gallows (God forbid). We said those who are hanged are taken down at sunset to spend the night at “Beb Souika”‘s oil mill to be buried the following day. Today’s tale deals with the same subject. However, this time, events take place in an earlier period.…

Tunisian stories by ilès team

Time heals all wounds (Tun. Stories, no. 2)

Translation, TunisianBy ArneJanuary 30, 20211 Comment

(see here Introduction to the Tunisian Stories and Overview) A certain woman was divorced from her husband. At that time divorce was a shameful thing and it wasn’t something that people of nobility would even recognize or admit to. If someone was pushed to divorce because of irreconcilable differences, they would hide it for fear…

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