“Counted” (past) in Tunisian Arabic

In Tunisian Arabic, “Counted” (the verb, in the past tense) is written using the Latin script as:

(I) 7sebt

(You) 7sebt

(You, plural) 7sebtou

(He) 7seb

(She) 7esbet

(We) 7sebna

(They) 7esbou

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

حسبت (I)

حسبت (You)

حسبتو (You, plural)

حسب (He)

حسبت (She)

حسبنا (We)

حسبو (They)

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Examples in sentences or statements

 
“I counted 100.”

7sebt mya.

.حسبت مية

 
“What number did you count?”

Chnou era9m elli 7sebtou?

شنو الرقم اللي حسبتو؟

 
“How many did you count?”

(singular) 9adesh 7sebt?

(plural) 9adesh 7sebtou?

قداش حسبت؟ (singular)

قداش حسبتو؟ (plural)

 
“He counted 77 books on the bookshelf.”

7seb sab3a w sab3in kteb 3al raff.

.حسب سبعة و سبعين كتاب عالرف

 
“She counted how many pieces of clothing she had for the trip.”

7esbet 9adesh 3andha 7weyej lel re7la.

.حسبت قداش عندها حوايج للرحلة

 
“We counted the number of pieces of wood.”

7sebna 9adseh famma men 7atba.

.حسبنا قداش فما من حطبة

 
“They counted the number of plates in the cabinet.”

7esbou 9adesh famma men s7an fel khzena.

.حسبو قداش فما من صحن في الخزانة

 
“They didn’t count the chairs yet.”

Mazelou ma 7esbouch lekrasi.

.مازالو ما حسبوش الكراسي