“Lays” (eggs) (third-person) in Tunisian Arabic

In Tunisian Arabic, “Lays” (the verb, as in a bird laying eggs, in the third-person participle) is written using the Latin script as:

(m) Ybidh

(f) Tbidh

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

 يبيض (m)

 تبيض (f)

Listen to these two words pronounced (audio)

 

Examples in sentences or statements

 
“This chicken lays about eight eggs per week.”

Eddjeja tbidh ta9riban thmanya 3adhmet fel jom3a.

.الدجاجة تقريبا تبيض ثمنية عضمات في الجمعة

 
“She always lays her eggs in that nest.”

Dima tbidh fel 3ech hedheka.

.ديما تبيض في العشّ هاذاكا

 
“That kind of bird lays big eggs.”

Naw3 el 3safer hedha ybidh 3adhmet kbar.

.نوع العصافر هذا يبيض عضمات كبار

 
“She normally lays about four eggs.”

Fel 3ada tbidh arb3a 3adhmet.

.في العادة تبيض أربعة عضمات

 
“This kind of bird normally lays four eggs.”

Naw el 3safer hedha fel 3ada ybidh arb3a 3adhmet.

.نوع العصافر هذا في العادة يبيض أربعة عضمات