“Plays” (instrument or band) (third-person) in Tunisian Arabic

In Tunisian Arabic, “Plays” (the verb, as in playing an instrument or in a band, in the third-person participle) is written using the Latin script as:

(m) Ya3zef

(f) Ta3zef

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

يعزف (m)

 تعزف (f)

Listen to these two words pronounced (audio)

 

Examples in sentences or statements

 
“He plays the saxophone well.”

Ya3ref ya3zef 3la el saxophone.

.يعرف يعزف على الساكسوفون

 
“She plays drums in a band.”

Ta3zef 3al batterie fi groupe.

.تعزف على الباتري في قروب

 
“This singer plays the guitar while singing.”

(m) El moughani hedha ya3zef 3al guitar w howa yghani.

(f) El moughanya hedhi ta3zef 3al guitar w hey tghani.

.المغني هذا يعزف على القيتار و هو يغني (m)

.المغنية هاذي تعزف على القيتار و هو تغني (f)

 
“He never plays this song on the guitar.”

3omrou maya3zef laghneya hedhi 3al guitar.

.عمرو ميعزف الغناية هاذي على القيتار

 
“The guitarist plays the electric guitar in a rock band.”

(m) El guitariste ya3zef 3al guitar électrique fi groupe mta3 rock.

(f) El guitariste ta3zef 3al guitar électrique fi groupe mta3 rock.

.القيتاريست يعزف على قيتار ايليكتريك في قروب متاع روك (m)

.القيتاريست تعزف على قيتار ايليكتريك في قروب متاع روك (f)

 

Related words in Tunisian Arabic

“Plays” (enjoyment) (third-person) in Tunisian Arabic

“Play” (instrument or band) (future) in Tunisian Arabic