“Hosted” (accommodations) (past) in Tunisian Arabic

In Tunisian Arabic, “Hosted” (the verb, in the context of a short-term stay, in the past tense) is written using the Latin script as:

(I) Dhayaft

(You) Dhayaft

(You, plural) Dhayaftou

(He) Dhayaf

(She) Dhayfet

(We) Dhayafna

(They) Dhayfou

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

ضيفت (I)

ضيفت (You)

ضيفتو (You, plural)

ضيف (He)

ضيفت (She)

ضيفنا (We)

ضيفو (They)

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Examples in sentences or statements

(Editor’s note: In one or more of the following statements, the word “Hosted” is replaced with an applicable word or words to keep the statement colloquial but to maintain the meaning of Hosted (“Host” in the past participle).)
 
“I hosted my friends over the weekend.”

Dhayaft s7abi ba7dheya fel weekend.

.ضيفت صحابي بحذايا في الويكاند

 
“I didn’t host my parents this time. My sister hosted them.”

Ma dhayaftech darna el marra hedhi. Okhti dhayfethom.

.ما ضيفتش دارنا المرة هذي. أختي ضيفتهم

 
“Who did you host last week?”

Chkoun dhayaft ejom3a elli fetet?

شكون ضيفت الجمعة اللي فاتت؟

 
“Did you two host your friends over the weekend?”

Dhayaftou s7abkom ba7dhekom fel weekend?

ضيفتو صحابكم بحذاكم في الويكاند؟

 
“He hosted a lovely family for a week.”

Dhayaf 3ayla ma7leha ba7dheh 3la jom3a.

.ضيف عايلة محلاها بحذاه على جمعة

 
“She hosted her friends for two weeks.”

Dhayfet s7abha joma3tin.

.ضيفت صحابها جمعتين

 
“A lovely host hosted us for the weekend.”

Famma chkoun dhayafna fel weekend.

.فمّا شكون ضيفنا في الويكاند

 
“We hosted a nice couple who came to Tunisia for a week.”

Dhayafna couple ma7lehom jew lTounes 3la jom3a.

.ضيفنا كوبل محلاهم جاو لتونس على جمعة

 
“They hosted us for five days.”

Dhayfouna khamsa ayem.

.ضيفونا خمسة أيام