“Proposes” (third-person) in Tunisian Arabic

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

(m) Yotleb

(f) Totleb

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

يطلب (m)

تطلب (f)

Listen to these two words pronounced (audio)

 

Examples in sentences or statements

 
“He proposes newly to his wife every 10 years.”

Houa yotleb yed martou dima kol 10 snin.

.هو يطلب يد مرتو ديما كل 10 سنين

 
“My brother proposes anew to his wife every five years.”

5ouya yotleb yed martou dima kol 5amsa snin.

.خويا يطلب يد مرتو ديما كل خمسة سنين

 
“He proposes to his wife every year on their wedding anniversary.”

Houa yotleb yed martou kol 3am f 3id zawejhom.

.هو يطلب يد مرتو كل عام في عيد زواجهم

 
“He always proposes after dating a girl for two years.”

Houa dima yotleb yedha tofla baad m ysou7ebha b 3amin.

.هو ديما يطلب يد طفلة بعد ما يصوحبها بعامين

 
“My friend proposes again to his wife as a joke when he’s in trouble with her.”

Sa7bi yotleb yed martou marra okhra b tfadlika k yebda f mochkl maaha.

.صاحبي يطلب يد مرتو مرة أخرى بتفدليكة كي يبدأ في مشكل معاها