“Hurry” (future) in Tunisian Arabic

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

(I) Nezreb

(You) Tezreb

(You, plural) Tezerbou

(He) Yezreb

(She) Tezreb

(We) Nezrebou

(They) Yezerbou

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

نزرب (I)

تزرب (You)

تزربو (You, plural)

يزرب (He)

تزرب (She)

نزبو (We)

يزربو (They)

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Examples in sentences or statements

 
“I have to hurry. Class starts in 10 minutes.”

Lezemni nezreb. El cours yebda ba3d darjin.

.لازمني نزرب. الكور يبدا بعد درجين

 
“You have to hurry if you want to catch the bus.”

Lezmek tezreb ken t7eb tel7a9 3al car.

.لازمك تزرب كان تحب تلحق على الكار

 
“You two have to hurry or you’ll be late for work.”

Lezemkom tezerbou wala bech touslou ma5ar lel 5edma.

.لازمكم تزربو ولا باش توصلو مخر للخدمة

 
“He has to hurry if he doesn’t want to be late for his flight.”

Lezmou yezreb ken may7ebech ywa5ar 3al vol mte3ou.

.لازمو يزرب كان ما يحبش يوخر على الفول متاعو

 
“She has to hurry and complete her assignment before bedtime.”

Lezemha tezreb w tkamal l 5edma eli 3andha 9bal mator9ed.

.لازمها تزرب وتكمل الخدمة إلي عندها قبل ما ترقد

 
“We have to hurry to make it to the movie theatre on time.”

Lezemna nezerbou bech nouslou lel cinema fel wa9t.

.لازمنا نزربو باش نوصلو للسينما في الوقت

 
“Let’s hurry to catch the train.”

Aya nezerbou bech nela79ou 3la train.

.أيا نزربو باش نلحقو على التران

 
“They will hurry to clean up the house before the guests arrive.”

Bech yezerbou ynadhfou e dar 9bal mayouslou e dhifen.

.باش يزربو ينظفوا الدار قبل ما يوصلو الضيفان