“Drying” (subject drying object) (present) in Tunisian Arabic

In Tunisian Arabic, “Drying” (the verb, as in a subject or object drying an object, in the present tense) is written using the Latin script as:

(I) (m) 9e3ed nchaya7 (9a3ed nchaya7)

(I) (f) 9e3da nchaya7 (9a3da nchaya7)

(You) (m) 9e3ed tchaya7 (9a3ed tchaya7)

(You) (f) 9e3da tchaya7 (9a3da tchaya7)

(You, plural) 9e3din tchay7ou (9a3din tchay7ou)

(He) 9e3ed ychaya7 (9a3ed ychaya7)

(She) 9e3da tchaya7 (9a3da tchaya7)

(We) 9e3din nchay7ou (9a3din nchay7ou)

(They) 9e3din ychay7ou (9a3din ychay7ou)

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

قاعد نشيح (m) (I)

قاعدة نشيح (f) (I)

قاعد تشيح (m) (You)

قاعدة تشيح (f) (You)

قاعدين تشيحو (You, plural)

قاعد يشيح (He)

قاعدة تشيح (She)

قاعدين نشيحو (We)

قاعدين يشيحو (They)

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Examples in sentences or statements

 
I’m drying the dishes.

(m) 9e3ed nchaya7 fel me3oun.

(f) 9e3da nchaya7 fel me3oun.

.قاعد نشيح في الماعون (m)

.قاعدة نشيح في الماعون (f)

 
Are you drying the kids off right now?

(m) 9e3ed tchaya7 fi sghar tawa?

(f) 9e3da tchaya7 fi sghar tawa?

قاعد تشيح في الصغار توا؟ (m)

قاعدة تشيح في الصغار توا؟ (f)

 
Are you two drying the dishes right now?

9e3din tchay7ou fel me3oun tawa?

قاعدين تشيحو في الماعون توا؟

 
He’s in the backyard drying the furniture.

Fi jardin e tileniya 9e3ed ychaya7 fel atheth.

.في الجردة التيلانية قاعد يشيح في الأثاث

 
The washing machine isn’t drying our clothes well.

El ghassela mahich 9e3da tchaya7 fi dbachna bilbahi.

.الغسّالة ماهيش قاعدة تشيح في دبشنا بلباهي

 
She is drying our clothes in the sun.

9e3da tchaya7 fi dbachna fi chams.

.قاعدة تشيح في دبشنا في الشمس

 
We are drying off our dog.

(male dog) 9e3din nchay7ou fi kalbna.

(female dog) 9e3din nchay7ou fi kalbetna.

.قاعدين نشيحو في كلبنا (male dog)

.قاعدين نشيحو في كلبتنا (female dog)

 
They are drying off their cat with a towel.

(male cat) 9e3din ychay7ou fi kalbhom b manchfa.

(female cat) 9e3din ychay7ou fi kalbethom b manchfa.

.قاعدين يشيحو في كلبهم بمنشفة (male cat)

.قاعدين يشيحو في كلبتهم بمنشفة (female cat)

 

In other Mediterranean languages and dialects

“Drying” (present) in Greek
 

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