“Collects” (third-person) in Tunisian Arabic

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

(m) Ylemm

(f) Tlemm

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

 يلمّ (m)

 تلمّ (f)

Listen to these two words pronounced (audio)

 

Examples in sentences or statements

 
“My mother collects pottery.”

Ommi tlemm l fo55ar.

.أمّي تلمّ الفخّار

 
“This organization collects used furniture for charity.”

Ejjam3iya hedhi tlemm l etheth el mesta3mel lel sada9a.

.الجمعيّة هذي تلمّ الأثاث المستعمل للصدقة

 
“Why does your son collect these pebbles?”

Ye5i 3lech weldek ylemm l 7os7as hedha?

ياخي علاش ولدك يلمّ الحصحاص هذا؟

 
“My sister likes to collect beautiful and useless things.”

O5ti tchi5 3ala lammen l 7ajet l mezyena ama li ma3andha 7atta feyda.

.أختي تشيخ على لمّان الحاجات المزيانة أما اللّي ماعندها حتّى فايدة

 
“Do you know anyone that collects stamps?”

Ta3rafchi chkoun ylemm ettneber?

تعرفشي شكون يلمّ التنابر؟

 

Related words in Tunisian Arabic

“Collect” (future) in Tunisian Arabic