“Freezing” (present) in Tunisian Arabic

In Tunisian Arabic, “Freezing” (the verb, in the present tense) is written using the Latin script as:

(I) Ncanjal

(You) Tcanjal

(You, plural) Tcanjlou

(He) Ycanjal

(She) Tcanjal

(We) Ncanjlou

(They) Ycanjlou

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

نكنجل (I)

تكنجل (You)

تكنجلو (You, plural)

يكنجل (He)

تكنجل (She)

نكنجلو (We)

يكنجلو (They)

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Examples in sentences or statements

 
“I’m freezing some fruits for smoothies.”

Ncanjal fi chwaya 8alla l smoothie.

.نكنجل في شوية غلّة للسموذي

 
“What are you freezing in there?”

Fi chnou tcanjal 8ady?

في شنو تكنجل غادي؟

 
“Are you freezing more ice?”

Tcanjal fi bzeyed glace?

تكنجل في بزايد قلاص؟

 
“Are you two freezing desserts for later?”

Tcanjlou fi dessert l ba3d?

 تكنجلو في الديسار لبعد؟

 
“He is freezing bread for tomorrow’s dinner.”

Ycanjal fel 5obs lel 3cha mta3 8odwa.

.يكنجل في الخبز للعشاء متاع غدوة

 
“She is freezing the meat so that it can be used on Sunday.”

Tcanjal fel l7am bech tnajem testa3mlou nhar la7ad.

.تكنجل في اللحم باش تنجم تستعملو غدوة

 
“We are freezing leftover lasagna for tomorrow.”

Ncanjlou feli fdhol mel lasagne l 8odwa.

.نكنجلو فلي فضل من اللازانيا لغدوة

 
“They are freezing the extra pasta sauce.”

Ycanjlou  fi sauce l ma9arouna e zeyda.

. يكنجلو في صوص المقرونة الزايدة