“Flags” (third-person) in Tunisian Arabic

In Tunisian Arabic, “Flags” (the verb, as in flagging a taxi, in the third-person participle) is written using the Latin script as:

(m) Ywa99af

(f) Twa99af

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

 يوقّف (m)

توقّف (f)

Listen to these two words pronounced (audio)


 

Examples in sentences or statements

 
My wife always flags a taxi when it rains.

Marti dima twa99af taxi wa9t tsob lmtar.

.مرتي ديما توقّف تاكسي وقت تصب المطر

 
He always flags a taxi here.

Howa dima ywa99af taxi houni.

.هو ديما يوقّف تاكسي هوني

 
He flags taxis well because he can shout loudly.

Howa ya3raf ywa99af el taxiet 5atro ynejem y3ayat bel 9wi.

.هو يعرف يوقّف التاكسيات خاطرو ينجّم يعيّط بالباهي

 
She flags a taxi often when its cold.

Hiya twa99af taxi kol ma eddenya tebda berda.

.هي توقّف تاكسي كل ما الدنيا تبدى باردة

 
My friend always flags the same type of taxi.

(m) Sa7bi dima ywa99af nafs naw3 el taxi.

(f) Sa7ebti dima twa99af nafs naw3 el taxi.

.صاحبي ديما يوقّف نفس نوع التاكسي (m)

.صاحبتي ديما توقّف نفس نوع التاكسي (f)

 

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