“Jokes” (third-person) (verb) in Tunisian Arabic

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

(m) Yfadlek

(f) Tfadlek

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

يفدلك (m)

تفدلك (f)

Listen to these two words pronounced (audio)

 

Examples in sentences or statements

 
“He jokes a lot.”

Yfadlek barcha.

.يفدلك برشا

 
“She always jokes about her friend’s haircut.”

Dyma tfadlek m3a sa7ebha 3la 9asset cha3rou.

.ديما تفدلك مع صاحبها على قصة شعرو

 
“My sister always jokes about our childhood pictures.”

Okhti dima tfadlek m3ana 3la tsawerna wa7na sghar.

.أختي ديما تفدلك معانا على تصاورنا و أحنا صغار

 
“My brother jokes about our childhood memories.”

Khouya yfadlek 3la dhekrayet toufouletna.

.خويا يفدلك على ذكريات طفولتنا

 
“My wife often jokes about my cooking.”

Marti mokther lwa9t tfadlek m3aya 3la tatyibi.

.مرتي مكثر الوقت تفدلك معايا على تطيبي