“Dry” (subject drying object) (future) in Tunisian Arabic

In Tunisian Arabic, “Dry” (the verb, as in a subject drying an object, in the future tense) is written using the Latin script as:

(I) Nchi7

(You) Tchi7

(You, plural) Tchi7ou

(He) Ychi7

(She) Tchi7

(We) Nchi7ou

(They) Ychi7ou

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

نشيح (I)

تشيح (You)

تشيحو (You, plural)

يشيح (He)

تشيح (She)

نشيحو (We)

يشيحو (They)

(Editor’s note: In Tunisian Arabic, a subject drying an object is a different verb series than an object drying itself or by itself.)

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Examples in sentences or statements

 
“I will dry it.”

(m) Taw nchya7ou.

(f) Taw nchaya7ha.

.تو نشيحو (m)

.تو نشيحها (f)

 
“Can you dry the dishes?”

Tnajem tchaya7 el me3oun?

تنجم تشيح الماعون؟

 
“Use this towel to dry the dishes.”

Esta3mlou l mandil hedha bch tchay7ou el me3oun.

.استعملوا المنديل هذا باش تشيحو الماعون

 
“The clothes will dry fast.”

Edbach bch ychi7ou fisa3.

.الدبش باش يشيحوا فيسع

 
“The sun will dry the clothes.”

Echams bch tchaya7 edbach.

.الشمس باش تشيح الدبش

 
“Let’s dry off in the sun.”

Haya nchi7ou fi echams.

.هيا نشيحو في الشمس

 
“They put the clothes out to dry.”

7atou edbach lbarra bch ychi7ou.

.حطوا الدبش لبرة باش يشيحو

 

Related words in Tunisian Arabic

“Dry” (adjective) in Tunisian Arabic

“Drying” (subject drying object) (present) in Tunisian Arabic

“Dried” (subject drying object) (past) in Tunisian Arabic

In other Mediterranean languages and dialects

“Dry” (future) in Lebanese Arabic