“Drying” (subject drying object) (present) in Tunisian Arabic
In Tunisian Arabic, “Drying” (the verb, as in a subject drying an object, in the present tense) is written using the Latin script as:
(I) (m) 9e3ed nchaya7 (9a3ed nchaya7)
(I) (f) 9e3eda nchaya7 (9a3da nchaya7)
(You) (m) 9e3ed tchaya7 (9a3ed tchaya7)
(You) (f) 9e3eda tchaya7 (9a3da tchaya7)
(You, plural) 9e3edin tchaya7ou (9a3din tchay7ou)
(He) 9e3ed ychaya7 (9a3ed ychaya7)
(She) 9e3eda tchaya7 (9a3eda tchaya7)
(We) 9e3edin nchay7ou (9a3din nchay7ou)
(They) 9e3edin ychay7ou (9a3din ychay7ou)
Using the Arabic script, it is written as:
قاعد نشيح (m) (I)
قاعدة نشيح (f) (I)
قاعد تشيح (m) (You)
قاعدة تشيح (f) (You)
قاعدين تشيحو (You, plural)
قاعد يشيح (He)
قاعدة تشيح (She)
قاعدين نشيحو (We)
قاعدين 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 am drying off the dishes.”
(m) 9e3ed nchaya7 fel me3oun.
(f) 9e3da nchaya7 fel me3oun.
.قاعد نشيح فالماعون (m)
.قاعدة نشيح فالماعون (f)
“Can you check if the clothes are drying quick enough?”
Tnajemchi tetfa9ed edbach 9e3din ychi7ou fisa3 wala?
تنجمشي تتفقد الدبش قاعدين يشيحوا فيسع ولا؟
“Can you two check if the sheets are drying outside?”
Tnajmou tetfa9dou ezzouz ken edbach 9e3din ychi7ou lbarra?
تنجموا تتفقدو الزوز كان الدبش قاعدين يشيحوا لبرة؟
“The clothes are drying.”
Edbach 9e3din ychi7ou.
.الدبش قاعدين يشيحوا
“It is drying.”
(m) 9e3ed ychi7.
(f) 9e3da tchi7.
.قاعد يشيح (m)
.قاعدة تشيح (f)
“The kids are drying the dishes right now.”
Ess8ar 9e3din ychay7ou fel me3oun taw.
.الصغار قاعدين يشيحو فال ماعون تو
“My dog dries faster when he shakes himself.”
Kalbi ychi7 asra3 wa9t yonfodh rou7ou.
.كلبي يشيح أسرع وقت ينفض روحو
Related words in Tunisian Arabic
“Dry” (adjective) in Tunisian Arabic
“Dry” (subject drying object) (future) in Tunisian Arabic
“Drying” (subject drying object) (present) in Tunisian Arabic
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