“Adopts” (person) (third-person) in Tunisian Arabic

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

(m) Yestabna

(f) Testabna

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

 يستبنى (m)

 تستبنى (f)

Listen to these two words pronounced (audio)

 

Examples in sentences or statements

 
“He adopts his niece after her parents’ passing.”

Yestabna 7afidtou ba3d maymoutou ommha w bouha.

.يستبنى حفيدتو بعد مايموتو أمّها و بوها

 
“She adopts a child with special needs.”

Testabna sghir men  dhawi l e7tiyejet el 5assa.

.تستبنى صغير من ذوي الاحتياجات الخاصّة

 
“He adopts a baby from the orphanage.”

Yestabna sghir mel maytam.

.يستبنى صغير مالميتم

 
“She adopts the baby she found on her doorstep.”

Testabna essghir elli l9atou fou9 drouj darha.

.تستبنى الصغير اللّي لقاتو فوق دروج دارها

 
“She adopts a child from the orphanage.”

Yestabna sghir mel maytam.

.يستبنى صغير مالميتم