“Works” (third-person) in Tunisian Arabic

In Tunisian Arabic, “Works” (the verb, in the third-person participle) is written using the Latin script as:

(m) Ye5dem

(f) Te5dem

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

يخدم (m)

تخدم (f)

Listen to these two words pronounced (audio)

 

Examples in sentences or statements

 
“He works late each night.”

Ye5dem lel lil ma5ar kol lila.

.يخدم لليل مخر كل ليلة

 
“My father works a lot.”

Baba ye5dem barsha.

.بابا يخدم برشا

 
“My mother works for a local accounting company.”

Ommi te5dem fi chariket mou7asba ma7allya.

.أمّي تخدم في شركة محاسبة محلّية

 
“She works here.”

Te5dem houni.

.تخدم هوني

 
“I’ll ask if he works here.”

Taw nes2al ye5dem houni walla.

.تو نسأل يخدم هوني ولاّ

 

In other Mediterranean languages and dialects

“Works” (third-person) in Lebanese Arabic