“Drying” (present) in Lebanese Arabic

In Lebanese Arabic, “Drying” (the verb, in the present tense) is written using the Latin script as:

(I) 3ambnashif

(You) (m) 3ambetnashif

(You) (f) 3ambetnashfe

(You, plural) 3ambetnashfo

(He) 3ambinashif

(She) 3ambetnashif

(We) 3amenashif

(They) 3ambinashfo

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

عامبناشيف (I)

عامبتناشيف (m) (You)

عامناشيفي (f) (You)

عامبتناشفو (You, plural)

عامبيناشيف (He)

عابيتناشيف (She)

عامناشيف (We)

عابيناشفو (They)

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Examples in sentences or statements

 
“I’m drying the dishes right now.”

3ambnashif 2al 2atba2 hala2.

.عامبناشيف ألأقاتباق حالاق

 
“No, I haven’t dried the dishes yet.”

La2, manashafet 2al 2atba2 ba3ad.

.لاق، ماناشافت ألقاتباق باعاد

 
“Are you finished drying the dishes?”

(m) Khalaset 2etnashif 2al 2atba2 2aw ba3ad?

(f) Khalaste 2etnashfe 2al2atba2 2aw ba3ad?

خالاصت قتناشيف ألقاتباق أو باعاد؟ (m)

خالاصتي قتناشيفي ألقاتباق أو باعاد؟ (f)

 
“Are you two finished drying the dishes?”

2ento naynetkon khalasto 2etnashfo 2al 2atba2?

أنتو نايناكون خلاصتو أتناشفو ألقاتباق؟

 
“The clothes are drying.”

2al tiyeb 3ambinashfo.

.ألتياب عامبيناشفو

 
“Are the towels drying?”

2al manshafet 3ambinashfo?

ألتياب عامبيناشفو؟

 
“We are drying off the car.”

3amenashif 2al siyara.

.عامناشيف ألسيارا

 
“They are drying the dishes in the kitchen.”

3ambinashfo 2al 2atba2 bel matbakh.

.عامبيناشفو ألقاتباق بلماتباخ

 

Related words in Lebanese Arabic

“Dry” (adjective) in Lebanese Arabic

“Dry” (future) in Lebanese Arabic

“Dried” (past) in Lebanese Arabic

In other Mediterranean languages and dialects

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