“Napping” (present) in Tunisian Arabic
In Tunisian Arabic, “Napping” (the verb, in the present tense) is written using the Latin script as:
(I) (m) 9e3ed n9ayel
(I) (f) 9e3da n9ayel
(You) (m) 9e3ed t9ayel
(You) (f) 9e3da t9ayel
(You, plural) 9e3din t9aylou
(He) 9e3ed y9ayel
(She) 9e3da t9ayel
(We) 9e3din n9aylou
(They) 9e3din y9aylou
Using the Arabic script, it is written as:
قاعد نقيّل (m) (I)
قاعدة نقيّل (f) (I)
قاعد تقيّل (m) (You)
قاعدة تقيّل (f) (You)
قاعدين تقيّلو (You, plural)
قاعد يقيّل (He)
قاعدة تقيّل (She)
قاعدين نقيّلو (We)
قاعدين يقيّلو (They)
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Examples in sentences or statements
“I wasn’t napping.”
Ma kontech n9ayel.
.ما كنتش نقيّل
“Are you napping?”
(m) 9e3ed t9ayel?
(f) 9e3da t9ayel?
قاعد تقيّل؟ (m)
قاعدة تقيّل؟ (f)
“Are you two napping?”
9e3din t9aylou?
قاعدين تقيّلو؟
“Try and keep quiet guys. The kids are napping.”
7awlou ta9a3dou sektin ya jme3a. Essghar 9e3din y9aylou.
.حاولو تقعدو ساكتين يا جماعة. الصغار قاعدين يقيّلو
“My dog is napping.”
(m) Kalbi 9e3ed y9ayel.
(f) Kalbti 9e3da t9ayel.
.كلبي قاعد يقيّل (m)
.كلبتي قاعدة تقيّل (f)
“I think he is napping.”
Yodhhorly 9e3ed y9ayel.
.يظهرلي قاعد يقيّل
“She is in her room napping.”
9e3da t9ayel fi bitha.
.قاعدة تقيّل في بيتها
“We are not napping yet.”
Mazelna mouch bech n9aylou taw.
.مازلنا موش باش نقيّلو تو
“Are they napping?”
9e3din y9aylou?
قاعدين يقيّلو؟
“The kids are upstairs napping.”
Essghar elfou9 9e3din y9aylou.
.الصغار الفوق قاعدين يقيّلو
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