“Blows” (third-person) in Tunisian Arabic

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

(m) Yonfe5

(f) Tonfe5

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

ينفخ (m)

تنفخ (f)

Listen to these two words pronounced (audio)

 

Examples in sentences or statements

 
“He always blows on hot food before eating it.”

Dima yonfe5 3la el mekla e s5ouna 9bal mayekelha.

.ديما ينفخ على الماكلة السخونة قبل ما ياكلها

 
“She always blows on her hot coffee to cool it down before drinking it.”

Dima tonfe5 3la 9ahwetha e s5ouna bech tbaradha 9bal matochrebha.

.ديما تنفخ على قهوتها السخونة باش تبردها قبل ما تشربها

 
“He blows away the dust from the books before putting them back on the shelf.”

Yonfe5 fel ghabra 3al ktob 9bal may3awed y7othom 3la e raf.

.ينفخ في الغبرة على الكتب قبل ما يعاود يحطهم على الرف

 
“She blows on her tea to cool it down.”

Tonfe5 3la e thé mte3ha bech tbardou.

.تنفخ على التاي متاعها باش تبردو

 
“She always blows on hot food before feeding it to her baby.”

Dima tonfe5 3al mekla e s5ouna 9bal matwakalha l sghirha.

.ديما تنفخ على الماكلة السخونة قبل ما توكلها لصغيرها