“Owe” (future) in Tunisian Arabic

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

(I) Nsel

(You) Tsel

(You, plural) Tselou

(He) Ysel

(She) Tsel

(We) Nselou

(They) Yselou

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

نسال (I)

تسال (You)

تسالوا (You, plural)

يسال (He)

تسال (She)

نسالوا (We)

يسالوا (They)

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Examples in sentences or statements

 
“I will owe you five dinars.”

Enti bch tseli 5amsalef.

.أنت بش تسالي خمسلاف

 
“I won’t owe any money on my credit card by the end of the month.”

Manetsel 7ata frank f carta mte3i 7atech l e5r chhar.

.مانتسال حتى فرنك في الكارتا متاعي حتاش لآخر الشهر

 
“If you borrow that amount of money from the bank how much will you owe back?”

Ken tetsalef lflous heki lkol m banka 9adech yselouk?

كان تتسلف الفلوس هاكي الكل من البنك قداش يسالوك؟

 
“Do you think you two will still owe any money on your credit cards at the end of the month?”

T9oulou l ntouma ezouz tetselou flous f cwaretkom l e5er chhar?

تقولوا أنتم الزوز تتسالوا فلوس في كوارتكم لآخر الشهر؟

 
“He will owe me.”

Ena bch nselou.

.أنا بش نسالوا

 
“She will owe her sister a favour.”

Okhtha bch tselha mziya.

.أختها بش تسالها مزية

 
“We will owe only a bit more money on our mortgage after this payment.”

A7na bch netselou f chwaya flous m 9arth baad lkhlas hetha.

.أحنا بش نتسالوا في شوية فلوس من القرض بعد الخلاص هذا

 
“They will owe me a favour for this.”

Ena bch nselhom mziya l hetha.

.أنا بش نسالهم مزية بعد هذا