“Knows” (third-person) in Tunisian Arabic

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

(m) Ya3raf

(f) Ta3raf

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

 يعرف (m)

تعرف (f)

Listen to these two words pronounced (audio)

 

Examples in sentences or statements

 
“He knows the best restaurants in town.”

Ya3raf a7sen restauraunet fel mdina.

 .يعرف أحسن رستورونات فالمدينة

 
“She knows the lyrics to all his songs.”

Ta3raf kalimet aghanih lkol.

.تعرف كلمات أغانيه الكل

 
“My son knows how to spell his name.”

Weldi ya3raf kifah yekteb esmou.

.ولدي يعرف كيفاه يكتب اسمو

 
“My wife knows how to make delicious homemade lasagna.”

Marti ta3raf ta3mal lasagnia bnina fi dar.

 .مرتي تعرف تعمل لازانيا بنينة في الدار

 
“The teacher knows the names of all the students.”

(m) L prof ya3raf asemi tlemtha lkol.

(f) L profa ta3raf asemi tlemtha lkol.

.البروف يعرف أسامي التلامذة الكل (m)

.البروفة تعرف أسامي التلامذة الكل (f)