“Counts” (third-person) in Tunisian Arabic

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

(m) Ye7seb

(f) Te7seb

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

يحسب (m)

تحسب (f)

Listen to these two words pronounced (audio)

 

Examples in sentences or statements

 
“He counts fast.”

Ye7seb fisa3.

.يحسب فيسع

 
“She counts how many products are on the shelf everyday.”

Kol nhar te7seb 9adesh famma prodwiyet fou9 eraff.

.كل نهار تحسب قداش فما برودويات فوق الرف

 
“The librarian frequently counts the number of books on the bookshelves.”

El maktbeji dima ye7seb lktob elli fou9 eraff.

.المكتباجي ديما يحسب الكتب اللي فوق الرف

 
“The teacher counts the number of students in the classroom before beginning each day.”

(m) El mou3alem kol nhar ye7seb etlemdha fel classe 9bal mayabda y9arri.

(f) El mou3alma kol nhar te7seb etlemdha fel classe 9bal matabda t9arri.

.المعلم كل نهار يحسب التلامذة في الكلاس قبل ما يبدى يقري (m)

.المعلمة كل نهار تحسب التلامذة في الكلاس قبل ما تبدى تقري (f)

 
“She counts her clothing frequently to know if her sister took any.”

Dima te7seb dbachha bech ta3raf okhtha hazzet menhom walla.

.ديما تحسب دبشها بش تعرف أختها هزت منهم ولا