“Meaning” (meaning) (present) in Tunisian Arabic

In Tunisian Arabic, “Meaning” (the verb, in the present tense) is written using the Latin script as:

(I) No9sd

(You) (m) To9sd

(You) (f) To9sdi

(You, plural) To9sdou

(He) Yo9sd

(She) To9sd

(We) No9sdou

(They) Yo9sdou

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

نقصد (I)

تقصد (m) (You)

تقصدي (f) (You)

تقصدوا (You, plural)

يقصد (He)

تقصد (She)

نقصدوا (We)

يقصدوا (They)

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Examples in sentences or statements

 
“I mean it.”

No9sd haka.

.نقصد هكا

 
“What do you mean by that?”

Chnowa to9sd beha?

شنوا تقصد بها؟

 
“I don’t understand what you mean.”

Fhemtech chnowa to9sd.

.فهمتش شنوا تقصد

 
“What do you two mean?”

Chnowa to9sdou ntouma ezouz?

شنوا تقصدوا أنتم الزوز؟

 
“What is the meaning of this sentence?”

Chnowa lma9soud m jomla hethi?

شنوا المقصود من الجملة هاذي؟

 
“This word means “beautiful” in Tunisian Arabic.”

No9sdou b kelma hethia “mezyen” b derja.

.نقصدوا بالكلمة هذيا “مزيان” بالدارجة

 
“What does he mean?”

Chnowa yo9sd?

شنوا يقصد؟

 
“She means the opposite.”

Hia to9sd l3aks.

.هي تقصد العكس

 
“We mean something else.”

A7na no9sdou 7aja o5ra.

.أحنا نقصدوا حاجة أخرى

 
“They mean that they will be over in one hour.”

Houma yo9sdou l houma bch ykamlou f se3a.

.هوما يقصدوا إلي هوما بش يكملوا في ساعة