“Rains” (third-person) in Tunisian Arabic

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

(f) Tsobb

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

تصب (f)

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Examples in sentences or statements

 
“It rains more this time of year.”

Tsobb akthar fel période hethi.

.تصب أكثر في البيريود هذي

 
“It rains more in this part of the country.”

Tsobb akthar fel blayes hethom mta3 l bled.

.تصب أكثر في البلايص هاذم متع البلاد

 
“When it rains it’s only usually for about 45 minutes.”

Ki tsobb matawalch, mta3 se3a ghir rbo3 w t9oss.

.كي تصب ماتطوّلش, متع ساعة غير ربع و تقصّ

 
“It rains more on this island than on the mainland.”

Fel jezira hethi tsobb akthar mel manate9 el bariya.

.في الجزيرة هذي تصب أكثر من المناطق البرّية

 
“It rains more in the south than the north.”

Fel jenoub tsobb akthar mel chemel.

.في الجنوب تصب أكثر من الشمال

 

Related words in Tunisian Arabic

“Rain” (noun) in Tunisian Arabic

“Rain” (future) in Tunisian Arabic

“Raining” (present) in Tunisian Arabic

In other Mediterranean languages and dialects

“Rains” (third-person) in Egyptian Arabic