“Colours” (third-person) (verb) in Tunisian Arabic

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

(m) Ylawen

(f) Tlawen

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

 يلوّن (m)

تلوّن (f)

Listen to these two words pronounced (audio)

 

Examples in sentences or statements

 
“The sunset colours the sky beautifully.”

Mandher el ghroub ylawen el sme b tari9a mezyena.

.منظر الغروب يلوّن السما بطريقة مزيانة

 
“My son colours in his colouring book well.”

Weldi ylawen belgde fi kteb el talwin mte3ou.

.ولدي يلوّن بلڨدا في كتاب التلوين متاعو

 
“She carefully colours her paintings.”

Heya tlawen el tablouwet mte3ha bessyesa.

.هي تلوّن التبلوات متاعها بالسّياسة

 
“My daughter happily colours books.”

Benti tlawen el ktob bfar7a.

.بنتي تلوّن الكتب بفرحة

 
“She always colours outside the lines but she has fun with it.”

Heya dima tlawen lbara mel khat ama ta3mel jaw 3leha la7keya.

.هي ديما تلوّن لبرّا من الخطّ أما تعمل جوّ عليها الحكاية

 

In other Mediterranean languages and dialects

“Colour”, “Colours” (nouns) in Turkish

“Colour”, “Colours” (nouns) in Lebanese Arabic