“Calls” (third-person) in Tunisian Arabic

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

(m) Ykallam

(f) Tkallam

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

يكلّم (m)

 تكلّم (f)

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Examples in sentences or statements

 
“She calls her sister every evening.”

Tkallam o5tha kol sbe7.

.تكلّم أختها كل صباح

 
“He often calls his mother on weekends.”

Ykallam ommou lakthariya fi e5er ejjom3a.

.يكلّم أمّو لكثريّة في اخر الجمعة

 
“My brother calls me all the time.”

5ouya dima ykallamni.

.خويا ديما يكلّمني

 
“He calls his girlfriend every night around 8pm.”

Ykallam sa7ebtou kol lila m3a ethmanya mta3 ellil.

.يكلّم صاحبتو كل ليلة مع الثمنية متع اللّيل

 
“She never calls me.”

3morha matkallamni.

.عمرها ماتكلّمني

 

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“Speaks” (third-person) in Tunisian Arabic