“Dated” (past) (verb) in Tunisian Arabic

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

(I) Sou7ebt

(You) Sou7ebt

(You, plural) Sou7ebtou

(He) Sou7eb

(She) Sou7bet

(We) Sou7ebna

(They) Sou7bou

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

صوحبت (I)

صوحبت (You)

صوحبتو (You, plural)

صوحب  (He)

صوحبت (She)

صوحبنا (We)

صوحبو (They)

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Examples in sentences or statements

 
“I used to date him.”

Sou7ebtou 9bal.

.صوحبتو قبل

 
“I used to date her.”

Sou7ebtha 9bal.

.صوحبتها قبل

 
“How long did you two date?”

9adesh sou7ebtou b3adhhkom?

قداش صوحبتو بعضكم؟

 
“He dated her for 6 months.”

Sou7ebha setta chhour.

.صوحبها ستة شهور

 
“She dated him for 7 years but they decided to separate.”

Sou7betou sab3a snin mba3d 9arerou ysaybou b3adhhom.

.صوحبتو سبعة سنين مبعد قررو يسيبو بعضهم

 
“She dated him for 7 years and then they decided to get married.”

Sou7betou sab3a snin mba3d 9arerou y3arsou.

.صوحبتو سبعة سنين مبعد قررو يعرسو

 
“Your father and I dated for three years and then got married.”

Ena w bouk sou7ebna b3adhna thletha snin mba3d 3aresna.

.أنا و بوك صوحبنا بعضنا ثلاثة سنين مبعد عرسنا

 
“They dated for two years.”

Sou7bou b3adhhom 3amin.

.صوحبو بعضهم عامين