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

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

(m) Y9oss

(f) T9oss

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

يقص (m)

تقص (f)

Listen to these two words pronounced (audio)

 

Examples in sentences or statements

 
“My friend cuts hair for a living.”

(m) Sa7bi khedmtou y9oss ech3ar.

(f) Sa7abty khedmetha t9oss ech3ar.

.صاحبي خدمتو يقص الشعر (m)

.صاحبتي خدمتها تقص الشعر (f)

 
“My father cuts the grass every Friday morning.”

Baba y9oss el gazon kol nhar jom3a essbe7.

.بابا يقص الجازون كل نهار جمعة الصباح

 
“My mother uses this knife to cut the bread.”

Ommi testa3mel essekina hedhi bech t9oss el khobz.

.أمي تستعمل السكينة هذي بش تقص الخبز

 
“He cuts his nails very short.”

Y9oss dhwefrou 9sar barsha.

.يقص ضوافرو قصار برشا

 
“She cuts her hair every three weeks.”

T9oss ch3arha kol thletha jom3at.

.تقص شعرها كل ثلاثة جمعات