Prepositions

Tunisian prepositions are of two states:

• Mutated: when followed by definite nouns

• Construct: otherwise

Construct is the default, dictionary form of a preposition. Mutation is basically when it's "amputated" for the articulatory process to be smoother and sound.

• Ĝabbiitha fi ħokke ("I filled it in a can")

• Ĝabbiitha f el ħokke ("I filled it in the can")

Some uses in idioms:

• Men sbeeħ Rabbi... (lit: "From my Lord's morning...")

• M es sbeeħ (lit: "From the morning")

Both are equivalent to English "All day long" to imply that you were doing something from early day and it's been exhausting you.