“Hide” (object) (future) in Tunisian Arabic

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

(I) Bech n5abbi

(You) Bech t5abbi

(You, plural) Bech t5abbiw

(He) Bech y5abbi

(She) Bech t5abbi

(We) Bech n5abbiw

(They) Bech y5abbiw

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

باش نخبّي (I)

باش تخبّي (You)

باش تخبّيو (You, plural)

باش يخبّي (He)

باش تخبّي (She)

باش نخبّيو (We)

باش يخبّيو (They)

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Examples in sentences or statements

 
I’m going to hide the presents in our bedroom closet.

Ena bech n5abbi el cadowet fi 5aznet bit el noum mte3na.

.أنا باش نخبّي الكادوات في خزنة بيت النوم متاعنا

 
I’m not going to hide it there.”

(masculine-based object) Manich bech n5abbih 8adi.

(feminine-based object) Manich bech n5abbiha 8adi.

.مانيش باش نخبّيه غادي (masculine-based object)

.مانيش باش نخبّيها غادي (feminine-based object)

 
Can you hide this for me?”

(masculine-based object) Tnajjem t5abbili hedha?

(feminine-based object) Tnajjem t5abbili hedhi?

تنجّم تخبّيلي هذا؟ (masculine-based object)

تنجّم تخبّيلي هاذي؟ (feminine-based object)

 
Where do you normally hide your spare key?

Win l3ada t5abbi mefte7ek el double?

وين العادة تخبّي مفتاحك الدوبل؟

 
Where are you two going to hide the Christmas presents?

Win bech t5abbiw entom ezzouz cadowet el christmas?

وين باش تخبّيو انتم الزوز كادوات الكريسماس؟

 
He is going to hide the spare key under that pot.

Howa bech y5abbi el mefte7 el double ta7t heka el ma7bes.

.هو باش يخبّي المفتاح الدوبل تحت هاكا المحبس

 
She said she is going to hide the key under the doormat for us.

Hiya 9alet li hiya bech t5abbi el mefte7 ta7t el tapis lilna.

.هي قالت لي هي باش تخبّي المفتاح تحت التابي ليلنا

 
We will hide the presents in the car trunk.

A7na bech n5abbiw el cadowet fi mal el karahba.

.أحنا باش نخبّيو الكادوات في مال الكرهبة

 
They are going to hide her phone as a prank.”

Houma bech y5abbiw telifounha tfadlika.

.هوما باش يخبّيو تليفونها تفدليكة

 

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