“Insists” (third-person) in Tunisian Arabic

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

(m) Yched s7i7

(f) Tched s7i7

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

يشد صحيح (m)

تشد صحيح (f)

Listen to these two words pronounced (audio)

 

Examples in sentences or statements

 

“My mother always insists that we stay longer.”

Ommi dima tched s7i7 enou no9e3dou akthar.

.أمي ديما تشد صحيح أنو نقعدو أكثر

 

“Our mother always insists that we stay over when we visit.”

Ommi wa9t ntollou 3liha dima tched s7i7 enou nbetou 7dheha.

.أمي وقت نطلّو عليها ديما تشد صحيح أنو نباتو حذاها

 

“The professor always insists that we hand in our essays early.”

(male professor) L prof dima yched s7i7 enou na3tiw essaiyetna bekri.

(female professor) L profa dima tched s7i7 enou na3tiw essaiyetna bekri.

.البروف ديما يشد صحيح أنو نعطيو أساياتنا بكري (male professor)

.البروفة ديما تشد صحيح أنو نعطيو أساياتنا بكري  (female professor)

“Our chef always insists that we try his new pastries.”

E chef mte3na dima yched s7i7 enou njarbou el 7ajet l 7louwa e jdida li ya3malha.

.الشاف متاعنا ديما يشد صحيح أنو نجربو الحاجات الحلوة الجديدة لي يعملها

“She insists a lot.”

Tched s7i7 barcha.

.تشد صحيح برشا