Help with the book, audio and app.

540 audio recordings are available across 15 chapter pages, with more on the way. The remaining 63 entries are marked coming soon. Use the QR code or web address printed in your chapter to listen.

Yes. The English book is available on Amazon in paperback, Kindle and hardcover. The paperback has a black-and-white interior; the Kindle ebook and the website samples are in colour. Follow the Amazon link on the Book page and choose your format. A book purchase is separate from the upcoming app subscription.

Look for the QR code on the chapter’s first phrase page. Open your phone’s camera, point it at the code and tap the link that appears. The code opens that chapter’s audio page.

You can also enter the web address printed beside the code in your browser. For example, Chapter 1 is at:
https://talktunisian.com/audio/chapter-01/

Use the address printed for your chapter; each numbered chapter has its own link.

Type the address printed beside the code into your browser to reach the chapter without scanning.

To try the camera again, hold the page flat and keep the whole square in view, including its white border. Avoid glare, then move the phone a little closer or farther away so the camera can focus.

Check that your phone has an internet connection. If you typed the address, compare it with the one in the book, including the chapter number: chapter-01, for example, has two digits. Try opening the address directly in your usual browser.

If the page still fails, send us the chapter number, the full address and any error message you see. A screenshot can help; crop out unrelated personal information.

Check your phone’s media volume and whether sound is going to connected headphones or another device. Try the playback control again, then reopen the page if necessary.

If the problem continues, tell us which chapter and phrase you were trying to hear, your device and browser, and whether other audio plays on the same device.

Start with Chapter 1, First Words in Tunisia, if you want greetings and polite basics. If you already have a situation in mind, use the contents to go straight to it: transport, a café, a meal, shopping or somewhere to stay.

Choose a phrase you can imagine needing soon. Read its meaning, listen to its recording where available, then try saying it aloud without looking. Return to the page to check the words.

Please send the chapter and phrase number, the wording you see, and what seems wrong. For a book issue, include the page number and edition if you know them. For audio, tell us which phrase or recording you mean. An exact example helps us check the right passage.

Chapter 1, First Words in Tunisia, is free. You can work through its phrase lessons and save phrases you want to revisit. One full-access subscription opens all 15 chapters, the Mini Dictionary and the complete Patterns and Situations collections.

First, check that you are using the Apple or Google store account used for the purchase and that your device has an internet connection. Close and reopen Talk Tunisian.

In the app, open Settings, then Plan & purchases, and choose Restore Purchases. If Retry store connection appears, you can try that too. Try restoring before buying again.

If access is still missing, email us with your device, app version and the message shown on the access screen. Do not send your password or payment details.

If you subscribed through the App Store or Google Play, manage or cancel the subscription through that store. Sign in to the Apple or Google account used for the purchase, then follow the relevant official guide:

App Store — Apple’s subscription cancellation guide ↗

Google Play — manage or cancel a subscription ↗

Deleting Talk Tunisian does not cancel a store subscription. After cancelling, check the subscription status in your store account.

The chapter audio library has 540 recordings, with more on the way. In the app, phrases awaiting audio are identified or skipped during listening activities; you can still read their wording and meaning.

Check media volume and connected headphones, stop other audio and reopen Talk Tunisian. If the recording still will not play, send us the chapter and phrase number, your device and app version, and any message shown on the screen.

Open the phrase and tap its bookmark icon. It appears in the Saved tab. Tap the filled bookmark again to remove it.

On iPhone, you can also swipe left on a Saved row and tap Remove. Pressing and holding a phrase in Search, Saved or a chapter list opens Save or Remove from Saved.

Open Saved, then My own phrases, and tap Add a phrase.

Fill in Meaning (English) and Say it (Arabizi) — the Tunisian wording in Latin letters. Arabic script and Note are optional. Tap Save.

To change an entry or its note, tap its edit icon. Your personal note is saved with the entry you wrote in My own phrases.

In a lesson’s Meet step, tap Show beside the phrase. This opens “Show this to someone”: a full-screen card with the Arabic line, romanized Tunisian and English meaning. Tap the close button to return to the lesson.

You can also tap one of your entries in My own phrases to show it full screen. If you did not add Arabic script, your romanized wording is shown instead.

Look for Talk Tunisian in your iPhone’s widget gallery and choose Tunisian today. The widget displays a phrase of the day; tapping it opens that phrase in the app.

If it does not appear in the gallery, send us your iPhone model, iOS version and Talk Tunisian app version. This widget is for iPhone; it is not offered on Android.

Learning progress, saved phrases and My own phrases are stored on the device you use. They do not automatically sync to another device.

Reinstalling the app or clearing its storage may remove local learning data. Restoring a purchase restores eligible access; it does not bring back deleted learning progress. If progress looks out of date, close and reopen the app before considering a reset.

The book arranges phrases by chapter, with English, Arabic and romanized Tunisian on the page and QR links to chapter audio. The app adds phrase lessons, practice activities, saved phrases and space to write your own entries. They are separate offers; see each product page for its details.

They stand for Arabic sounds that Latin letters do not represent neatly. Read them as sounds within the word, not as the numbers “three”, “five”, “seven” or “nine”. The book uses 3, 5, 7 and 9, plus gh.

These are written examples from the book’s sound key. The comparisons are approximate; they give you a starting point for recognising the sounds. A word listed here may not have its own playable recording.

3ع

A voiced consonant formed in the throat.

Written example: 3aslema

5خ

A sound often written “kh”. The “ch” in Scottish loch or German Bach is a useful comparison if you know either word.

Written example: da5el

7ح

A breathy throat sound, stronger than an ordinary English “h”.

Written example: 7ob

9ق

The book compares this with a deeper “k”-like sound, made farther back than the English “k”. Pronunciation varies by speaker and region.

Written example: 9ahwa

ghغ

The book compares this sound with a soft French “r”; the comparison is approximate.

Written example: gharbi

In the book, read A Note on Tunisian near the beginning, or use the Quick Sound Reminder in the reference section.

In the app, tap 3, 5, 7, 9 or gh in a romanized phrase to open a sound tip. All the sounds opens the fuller guide. A sound tip includes a listening example when the recording is available within your access.

Choose one short phrase containing it. Listen to the whole phrase, repeat it aloud and listen again. In the app’s Hear step, Slower and Repeat ×3 let you spend more time with the same recording.

Keep the word’s rhythm as you practise. The romanized line is there to help you begin; you can use it while your ear becomes more familiar with the sound.

Tunisian varies by speaker, region and context. The book also includes forms such as houni and hna for “here”. A person you meet may use a different form or write it differently in Latin letters.

Use the book and app as a consistent starting point. If someone teaches you another form, you can keep it in My own phrases with a note about where you heard it.