“Looks like” (third-person) in Tunisian Arabic

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

(m) Yechbah

(f) Techbah

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

يشبه (m)

 تشبه (f)

Listen to these two words pronounced (audio)

 

Examples in sentences or statements

 
“She looks like her mother.”

Techbah l omha.

.تشبه لأمها

 
“He looks like his grandpa.”

Yechbah l jaddou.

.يشبه لجدّو

 
“Your cat looks like mine.”

(m) 9atousek yechbah l9atousi.

(f) 9atoustek techbah l9atousti.

.قطوسك يشبه لقطوسي (m)

.قطوستك تشبه لقطوستي (f)

 
“He looks like someone I know.”

Yechbah l3abd na3rfou.

.يشبه لعبد نعرفو

 
“Her mom looks like a famous singer.”

Omha techbah lmoughanya ma3roufa.

.أمها تشبه لمغنية معروفة

 

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