“Feeling like” (present) in Tunisian Arabic

In Tunisian Arabic, “Feeling like” (the verb, in a tactile context, in the present tense) is written using the Latin script as:

(I) (m) 9a3ed n7ess

(I) (f) 9a3da n7ess

(You) (m) 9a3ed t7ess

(You) (f) 9a3da t7ess

(You, plural) 9a3din t7essou

(He) 9a3ed y7ess

(She) 9a3da t7ess

(We) 9a3din n7essou

(They) 9a3din y7essou

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

قاعد نحسّ (m) (I)

قاعدة نحسّ (f) (I)

قاعد تحسّ (m) (You)

قاعدة تحسّ (f) (You)

قاعدين تحسّو (You, plural)

قاعد يحسّ (He)

قاعدة تحسّ (She)

قاعدين نحسّو (We)

قاعدين يحسّو (They)

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Examples in sentences or statements

 
“I feel like something is on my back.”

(m) 9a3ed n7ess fi 7aja fi dhahri.

(f) 9a3da n7ess fi 7aja fi dhahri.

.قاعد نحسّ في حاجة في ظهري (m)

.قاعدة نحسّ في حاجة في ظهري (f)

 
“What does it feel like?”

(masculine-based noun) Kifech t7ess fih?

(feminine-based noun) Kifech t7ess feha?

كيفاش تحسّ فيه؟ (masculine-based noun)

كيفاش تحسّ فيها؟ (feminine-based noun)

 
“It feels like cotton.”

(masculine-based) T7essou kel 9ton.

(feminine-based) T7essha kel 9ton.

.تحسّو كي القطن (masculine-based)

.تحسّها كي القطن (feminine-based)

 
“This material feels like paper.”

El matière hedhi t7essha kel wra9.

.الماتيار هذي تحسّها كي الورق

 
“It feels like plastic but it’s not.”

(masculine-based) T7ess elli houa plastique ama houa lé.

(feminine-based) T7ess elli hiya plastique ama hiya lé.

.تحسّ اللّي هو بلاستيك أما هو لا (masculine-based)

.تحسّ اللّي هي بلاستيك أما هي لا (feminine-based)

 
“It feels warm.”

(masculine-based noun) T7essou defi.

(feminine-based noun) T7essha defya.

.تحسّو دافي (masculine-based noun) 

.تحسّها دافية (feminine-based noun)

 
“These sweaters feel soft.”

El mrewel hedhom t7esshom 7nen.

.المراول هاذم تحسّهم حنان