“Covers” (third-person) in Tunisian Arabic

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

(m) Yghati

(f) Tghati

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

يغطّي (m)

تغطّي (f)

Listen to these two words pronounced (audio)

 

Examples in sentences or statements

 
“He covers his mouth when he laughs.”

Yghati fomou ki yadh7ek.

.يغطّي فمّو كي يضحك

 
“My wife covers our baby with a blanket while sleeping.”

(m) Marti tghati el bébé mte3na b bataneya w howa re9ed.

(f) Marti tghati el bébé mte3na b bataneya w heya re9da.

.مرتي تغطّي البيبي متاعنا ببطانية و هو راقد (m)

.مرتي تغطّي البيبي متاعنا ببطانية و هي راقدة (f)

 
“She always covers her eyes when she’s out in the sun.”

Dima tghati 3ineha ki tokhrej fel chams.

.ديما تغطّي عينيها كي تخرج في الشمس

 
“The chef covers the pot to let the soup simmer.”

El chef yghati etanjra bech ykhali el chorba taghli.

.الشاف يغطّي الطنجرة باش يخلّي الشربة تغلي

 
“He never covers his mouth when he sneezes.”

3omrou ma yghati fomou ki ya3tes.

.عمرو ما يغطّي فمّو كي يعطس

 

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“Cover” (future) in Tunisian Arabic