“Completes” (third-person) in Tunisian Arabic

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

(m) Ykammal

(f) Tkammal

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

يكمّل (m)

تكمّل (f)

(Editor’s note: The words “Completes” and “Finishes” (third person participles) both translate as (m) Ykammal / يكمّل (f) Tkammal / تكمّل. For more information see the entry “Finishes” (third-person) in Tunisian Arabic.)

Listen to these two words pronounced (audio)

 

Examples in sentences or statements

 
“He completes work at 4pm.”

Ykammal el khedma larb3a mta3 la3chiya.

.يكمّل الخدمة الأربعة متع العشيّة

 
“He completes every book he starts.”

Ykammal kol kteb yabdeh.

.يكمّل كل كتاب يبداه

 
“She completes every task she starts.”

Tkammal kol 7aja tabdeha.

.تكمّل كل حاجة تبداها

 
“My cousin completes a marathon each summer.”

(mother’s side) (m) Weld khali ykammal marathon kol sif.

(mother’s side) (f) Bent khali tkammal marathon kol sif.

(father’s side) (m) Weld 3ammi ykammal marathon kol sif.

(father’s side) (f) Bent 3ammi tkammal marathon kol sif.

.ولد خالي يكمّل ماراتون كل صيف (mother’s side) (m)

 .بنت خالي تكمّل ماراتون كل صيف (mother’s side) (f)

.ولد عمّي يكمّل ماراتون كل صيف (father’s side) (m)

بنت عمّي تكمّل ماراتون كل صيف (father’s side) (f)

 
“He completes a new painting every week.”

Kol jom3a ykammal rasma jdida.

.كل جمعة يكمّل رسمة جديدة