“Dreams” (third-person) in Tunisian Arabic

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

(m) Ye7lem

(f) Te7lem

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

يحلم (m)

تحلم (f)

(Editing note: In Tunisian Arabic, Dream, in the context of sleeping, and Dream, in the context of a future plan, can both use these verbs. When it comes to a future plan, alternatively, (m) Y7eb / يحب (f) T7eb / تحب can be used. (Y7eb/T7eb means Wants) For more information see the IBL page “Wants” (third-person) in Tunisian Arabic.)

Listen to these two words pronounced (audio)

 

Examples in sentences or statements

 
“She dreams a lot.”

Te7lem barcha.

.تحلم برشا

 
“He says he never dreams.”

Y9oul eli howa 3omrou ma ye7lem.

.يقول الّي هو عمرو ما يحلم

 
“Our son dreams a lot.”

Weldna ye7lem barcha.

.ولدنا يحلم برشا

 
“My brother dreams of opening a bakery.”

Khouya ye7lem enou y7el koucha.

.خويا يحلم أنو يحلّ كوشة

 
“The writer dreams about the characters in her books.”

El mou2alfa te7lem bel chakhsiyet mta3 el riweya mte3ha.

.المؤلفة تحلم بالشخصيات متاع الرواية متاعها

 

Related words in Tunisian Arabic

“Dream” (future) in Tunisian Arabic

“Sleeps” (third-person) in Tunisian Arabic