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

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

(m) Yben

(f) Tben

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

يبان (m)

 تبان (f)

Listen to these two words pronounced (audio)

 

Examples in sentences or statements

 
“That looks right.”

(m) Yben s7i7.

(f) Tben s7i7a.

.يبان صحيح (m)

.تبان صحيحة (f)

 
“He looks like his father.”

Yechbeh lbouh.

.يشبه لبوه

 
“She looks pretty tonight.”

Tal3et mezyena elila.

.طلعت مزيانة الليلة

 
“That building looks like it was built in the 19th century.”

El banya tben keyenha mebneya fel 9arn tsa3tach.

.البنية تبان كاينها مبنيّة في القرن تسعطاش

 
“Our dog looks like a small bear.”

Kalbna yben keyenou dob sghir.

.كلبنا يبان كاينو دبّ صغير