“Assists” (third-person) in Tunisian Arabic

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

(m) Y3awen

(f) T3awen

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

يعاون (m)

تعاون (f)

Listen to these two words pronounced (audio)

 

Examples in sentences or statements

 
“My son assists my other son every night with his homework.”

Weldi y3awen 5ouh kol lila fi ta7dhir drousou.

.ولدي يعاون خوه كل ليلة في تحضير دروسو

 
“She assists me with learning calculus.”

T3awen fia net3alam l 7seb.

.تعاون فيا نتعلم الحساب

 
“This professor assists his students a lot after class.”

(m) (students in the context of high school) El prof hedha y3awen tlemethtou barcha ba3d el cours.

(m) (students in the context of university) El prof hedha y3awen étudienetou barcha ba3d el cours.

(f) (students in the context of high school) El profa hedhi t3awen tlemthetha barcha ba3d el cours.

(f) (students in the context of university) El profa hedhi t3awen étudienetha barcha ba3d el cours.

.البروف هذا يعاون تلامذتو برشا بعد الكور (students in the context of high school) (f)

.البروف هذا يعاون ايتيديوناتو برشا بعد الكور (students in the context of university) (m)

.البروفة هذي تعاون تلامذتها برشا بعد الكور (students in the context of high school) (f)

.البروفة هذي تعاون ايتيديوناتها برشا بعد الكور (students in the context of university) (f)

 
“My wife assists her mother around her house on Sundays.”

Marti t3awen ommha fi 7arket e dar ayamet la7ad.

.مرتي تعاون أمّها في حركة الدار أيامات الأحد

 
“He always assists me at the store when he comes by.”

Dima y3aweni fel 7anout wa9t yet3ada.

.ديما يعاوني في الحانوت وقت يتعدا