“Hid” (object) (past) in Tunisian Arabic

In Tunisian Arabic, “Hid” (the verb, as in hiding something or things, in the past tense) is written using the Latin script as:

(I) 5abbit

(You) 5abbit

(You, plural) 5abbitou

(He) 5abba

(She) 5abbet

(We) 5abbina

(They) 5abbew

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

خبّيت (I)

خبّيت (You)

خبّيتو (You, plural)

خبّا (He)

خبّات (She)

خبّينا (We)

خبّاو (They)

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Examples in sentences or statements

 
I hid the keys under the pot in the backyard.

Ena 5abbit el mfeta7 ta7t el ma7bes fel jarda tileniya.

.أنا خبّيت المفاتح تحت المحبس في الجردة التيلانيّة

 
Where did you hide it?

(masculine-based object) Win 5abbitou?

(feminine-based object) Win 5abbitha?

وين خبّيتو؟ (masculine-based object)

وين خبّيتها؟ (feminine-based object)

 
Did you two hide the presents as I asked you to?

Entom ezzouz 5abbitou el cadouwet li 9oltelkom alihom?

انتم الزوز خبّيتو الكادوات لي قلتلكم عليهم؟

 
Who hid my phone?

Chkoun 5abba telifouni?

شكون خبّى تليفوني؟

 
I saw him when he hid the spare key in that drawer.

Ena ritou wa9t 5abba el mefte7 el double fel 9jar heka.

.أنا ريتو وقت خبّى المفتاح الدوبل في القجر هاكا

 
He hid his exam sheet under the pile of books.

Howa 5abba war9et el devoir mte3ou ta7t rozmet el ktob.

.هو خبّى ورقة الدفوار متاعو تحت رزمة الكتب

 
She hid her diary in the drawer.

Hiya 5abbet moudhakratha fel 9jar.

.هي خبّات مذكراتها في القجر

 
We hid a note in her book to surprise her.

A7na 5abbina war9a fi ktebha bech nfej2ouha.

.أحنا خبّينا ورقة في كتابها باش نفاجؤوها

 
“The kids hid their candies under their pillows.”

El s8ar 5abbew el 7alwa mte3hom ta7t m5adedhom.

.الصغار خبّاو الحلوى متاعهم تحت مخاددهم

 

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