“Chooses” (third-person) in Tunisian Arabic

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

(m) Ya5tar

(f) Ta5tar

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

يختار (m)

تختار (f)

Listen to these two words pronounced (audio)

 

Examples in sentences or statements

 
“He chooses quickly.”

Ya5tar fisa3.

.يختار فيسع

 
“My sister often chooses a different way home.”

O5ty mokther l wa9t ta5tar tri9 e5er ki tji mraw7a.

.أختي مكثر الوقت تختار طريق آخر كي تجي مروحة

 
“She chooses chocolate everytime.”

Dima ta5tar choclata.

.ديما تختار شكلاطة

 
“She chooses the vanilla flavour everytime.”

Dima ta5tar goût vanille.

.ديما تختار قو فاني

 
“My husband is the one who chooses the tenants.”

Rajli houwa eli ya5tar el kareya.

.راجلي هو إلي يختار الكراية

 

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