“Hides” (subject) (third-person) in Tunisian Arabic

In Tunisian Arabic, “Hides” (the verb, as in a subject or subjects hiding, in the third-person participle) is written using the Latin script as:

(m) Yet5aba

(f) Tet5aba

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

 يتخبى (m)

 تتخبى (f)

Listen to these two words pronounced (audio)

 

Examples in sentences or statements

 
“(in a game) He hides well!”

Yet5aba bilbahi!

!يتخبي بلباهي

 
“My daughter hides in the same spot every time she gets upset.”

Benti win tet9ala9 tet5aba fi nafs l blasa.

.بنتي وين تتقلق تتخبى في نفس البلاصة

 
“My son hides behind these curtains whenever he plays hide-and-seek with his father.”

Weldi win yel3ab 8omitha m3a bouh yet5aba wra e rideauwet hedhom.

.ولدي وين يلعب غميضة مع بوه يتخبى وراء الريدوات هاذم

 
“The cat always hides under the bed when she gets scared.”

(male cat) El 9attous wa9t y5af dima yet5aba ta7t e srir.

(female cat) El 9attousa wa9t t5af dima tet5aba ta7t e srir.

.القطوس وقت يخاف ديما يتخبى تحت السرير (male cat)

.القطوسة وقت تخاف ديما تتخبى تحت السرير (female cat)

 
“My son hides here whenever he hears lightning.”

Weldi win yesma3 e bar9 yet5aba houni.

.ولدي وين يسمع البرق يتخبى هوني

 

Related words in Tunisian Arabic

​“Hides” (object) (third-person) in Tunisian Arabic

“Hide” (subject) (future) in Tunisian Arabic​