“Feels like” (third-person) in Tunisian Arabic

In Tunisian Arabic, “Feels like” (the verb, in a tactile context, in the third-person participle) is written using the Latin script as:

(m) Y7ess

(f) T7ess

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

يحسّ (m)

 تحسّ (f)

Listen to these two words pronounced (audio)

 

Examples in sentences or statements

 
“That material feels like cotton.”

El matière hedhika t7essha kel 9ton.

.الماتيار هاذيكا تحسّها كي القطن

 
“That flower feels like paper.”

El warda hedhika t7essha kel wra9.

.الوردة هاذيكا تحسّها كي الورق

 
“This type of paper feels like plastic.”

T7ess el naw3 mta3 l wra9 hedha kima l plastique.

.تحسّ نوع الورق هذا كيما البلاستيك

 
“My dog looks and feels like a cat.”

(masculine-based) Kalbi yodh’hor w t7essou kel 9attous.

(feminine-based) Kalbti todh’hor w t7essha kel 9attousa.

.كلبي يظهر و تحسّو كي القطّوس (masculine-based)

.كلبتي تظهر و تحسّها كي القطّوس (feminine-based)

 
“This material always feels like…”

El matière hedhi dima t7essha…

…الماتيار هذي ديما تحسّها