“Folds” (third-person) in Tunisian Arabic

In Tunisian Arabic, “Folds“ (the verb, in the third-person participle) is written using the Latin script as:

(m) Yetwi

(f) Tetwi

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

يطوي (m)

 تطوي (f)

Listen to these two words pronounced (audio)

 

Examples in sentences or statements

 
“He always folds the bills in two so they can fit in his wallet.”

Howa dima yetwi el kwaret mta3 el flous 3ala thnin bch yhezhom el stouch.

.هو ديما يطوي الكوارت متع الفلوس على ثنين بش يهزهم السطوش

 
“My sister always folds the laundry while watching TV.”

O5ti dima tetwi el saboun w heya tetfarej fel talvza.

.أختي ديما تطوي الصابون و هي تتفرج في التلفزة

 
“He always folds the documents before he puts them in files.”

Howa dima yetwi les documents 9bal ma y7othom fi doussyet.

.قبل ما يحطهم في دوسيات les documents هو ديما يطوي

 
“She usually folds the napkins in two.”

Heya fel 3ada tetwi el mnedel 3ala thnin.

.هي في العادة تطوي المنادل على نثين

 
“My husband always folds his newspaper after reading it.”

Rajli dima yetwi el jarida mte3ou mba3ed ma ya9raha.

.راجلي ديما يطوي الجريدة متاعو مبعد ما يقراها