“Naps” (third-person) in Tunisian Arabic

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

(m) Y9ayel

(f) T9ayel

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

يقيّل (m)

تقيّل (f)

Listen to these two words pronounced (audio)

 

Examples in sentences or statements

 
“He always naps after lunch.”

Dima y9ayel ba3d leftour.

.ديما يقيّل بعد الفطور

 
“My boy always naps at about 1pm.”

Weldi dima y9ayel m3a el madhise3a.

.ولدي ديما يقيّل مع الماضيساعة

 
“My wife usually naps for about 30 minutes after work.”

Marty dima t9ayel nsayef se3a ba3d lkhedma.

.مرتي ديما تقيّل نصيف ساعة بعد الخدمة

 
“My father naps for an hour every day.”

Baba y9ayel se3a kol nhar.

.بابا يقيّل كل نهار سويعة

 
“My daughter naps in the backyard a lot.”

Benty t9ayel fel jarda etilenya barsha.

.بنتي تقيّل في الجردة التيلانية برشا