The Virtual Picture Album -- Tunisia

The grid below is an annotated index to part of the Virtual Picture Album compiled and distributed by the Less Commonly Taught Languages Project at the University of Minnesota. The pictures in this section of the VPA are of people, places and objects in Tunisia. Each of the pictures is represented by a thumbnail-sized image in the grid, and is accompanied by:

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Due to the number of pictures in this section, the VPA index for Tunisia is divided into three parts. We are sorry that this page is now also under temporary construction. However, you can click here to see its trial version but please notice it's incomplete. We will finish this page as soon as possible. 

Part 1 Landscape and scenery (under construction)
Part 2 Culture (under construction)
Part 3 People and Daily Life (under construction)

To view or download a full-sized picture from the VPA, click on its thumbnail representation below.


Photo (Thumbnail) Vocabulary Items Topics Grammar Points
men, sailboat, sand, sea, summer, sunny, warm, young; how many?-six men;
pastimes - relaxing on a beach;
seasons-summer;
weather-sunny, warm;		 number;
blue, boy, brown, carpet, children, girl, green, living room, to play, toys, two, TV-set, to sit, white; body parts;
children;
electronics-tape-recorder, VCR, TV;
house -living room;
how many? -two children;
pastimes -playing;		 gender;
number-one child/two children;
spatial relations- next to, in front of, on the left/right;
barn, child, countryside, cow, woman animals -cows;
animal parts-head, ears, hoofs;
how many?-cows;
urban/rural-rural;
 number-plural;
agreement;
cap, to dance, groom, men, robe, tradition, wedding; ceremony -wedding;
clothing -traditional clothes;
pastimes -dancing;		  
blue, chair, to chat, court-yard, evening, floral design, four, gray ,green, men, old, pants, plants, plain, shirt, to sit, striped; colors - blue, white,green;
clothing - pants, shirts, etc.;
how many? -men;		 number;
verbs -plural masculine endings;
to celebrate, diploma, to graduate, to hold, happy, high school, smile, students; celebration -graduation;
numbers - many;
 plural;
gender-masculine;
barefoot, boys, children, countryside, to giggle, girls, old, poor, short, to smile, tall, young; urban/rural -children from the countryside;
 spatial relations- on the left/right, in the middle; comparatives- older, younger;
boys, dark, evening, two, sandals, shorts, to sit, stairs, t-shirts; clothing --t-shirts, shorts, sandals;
how many? -boys;		 agreement;
number-dual;
comparatives;
children, covered/uncovered, clothes, house, modern, narrow, street, plants, traditional,to walk, wedding, women; architecture;
celebration -going to the steam bath before the wedding;
clothing;		 number-plural
gender;
bride,to dance,happy, traditional, wedding cloths; ceremony -wedding;
clothing-traditional wedding clothes
colors-red, blue, green
 agreement;
boy, men, sea, swimming, swimming suit, summer, warm; pastimes -swimming
seasons- summer
weather- warm, sunny
 tense -present;
comparatives;
>boy, children, countryside, girl, mother, woman; family;
urban/rural -urban;		  
coat, courtyard, door,long sleeves, pants, plants,window, window-grill; architecture;
clothing-coat, pants, long sleeves;
;
colors -red, gray, white, blue;
modern/traditional -modern;
 number-plural;

TOPICS   GRAMMAR POINTS
animals   adjectives
animal parts   adjective agreement
architecture   agreement
children   comparatives
celebrations   gender
ceremonies   locatives/spatial relations
clothing   near/far
colors   number
culture   numbers
electronic equipment   tense
family    
food    
house    
housing    
how-many?    
landscape    
modern/traditional    
nature    
occupations    
old/new    
opposites    
pastimes    
seasons    
shopping    
tourism    
urban/rural    
weather    

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