“Baking” (present) in Tunisian Arabic
In Tunisian Arabic, “Baking” (the verb, in the present tense) is written using the Latin script as:
(I) (m) 9e3ed ntayab
(I) (f) 9e3da ntayab
(You) (m) 9e3ed etayab
(You) (f) 9e3da etayab
(You, plural) 9e3din etaybou
(He) 9e3ed ytayab
(She) 9e3da etayab
(We) 9e3din ntaybou
(They) 9e3din ytaybou
Using the Arabic script, it is written as:
قاعد نطيب (m) (I)
قاعدة نطيب (f) (I)
قاعد اطيب (m) (You)
قاعدة اطيب (f) (You)
قاعدين اطيبو (You, plural)
قاعد يطيب (He)
قاعدة اطيب (She)
قاعدين نطيبو (We)
قاعدين يطيبو (They)
(Editor’s note: In Tunisian Arabic, this verb series also means “Cooking” (present). For more information, see the IBL page, “Cooking” (present) in Tunisian Arabic.)
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Examples in sentences or statements
“I am baking cookies right now.”
(m) 9e3ed ntayab fi biscuits tawa.
(f) 9e3da ntayab fi biscuits tawa.
.قاعد نطيب في بسكوي توا (m)
.قاعدة نطيب في بسكوي توا (f)
“I’m done baking.”
Kamalt tayabt.
.كملت طيبت
“What are you baking?”
(m) Fech 9e3ed etayab?
(f) Fech 9e3da etayab?
فاش قاعد اطيب؟ (m)
فاش قاعدة اطيب؟ (f)
“Are you two baking?”
9e3din etaybou?
قاعدين اطيبو؟
“My boy is baking with his grandma in the kitchen right now.”
Weldi 9e3ed ytayab m3a jadtou fel koujina tawa.
.ولدي قاعد يطيب مع جدتو في الكوجينة توا
“She is in the kitchen baking bread.”
Fel koujina 9e3da etayab fi 5obz.
.في الكوجينة قاعد اطيب في خبز
“We are baking fresh bread right now.”
9e3din ntaybou fi 5obz frechk tawa.
.قاعدين نطيبو في خبز فرشك توا
“We are not baking yet. We are still looking up the recipe online.”
Mazelna manech 9e3din ntaybou. 9e3din nlawjou 3la e recette en ligne.
.مازلنا ماناش قاعدين نطيبو. قاعدين نلوجو على الروسات أون ليني
“They are baking bread.”
9e3din ytaybou fi 5obz.
.قاعدين يطيبو في خبز
Related words in Tunisian Arabic
“Cooking” (present) in Tunisian Arabic
“Bake” (future) in Tunisian Arabic
“Bake” (third-person) in Tunisian Arabic
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