“Rest” (future) in Tunisian Arabic

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

(I) Nerte7

(You) Terte7

(You, plural) Terte7ou

(He) Yerte7

(She) Terte7

(We) Nerte7ou

(They) Yerte7ou

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

نرتاح (I)

ترتاح (You)

ترتاحو (You, plural)

يرتاح (He)

ترتاح (She)

نرتاحو (We)

يرتاحو (They)

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Examples in sentences or statements

 
“I’ll rest here for a bit.”

Bech nerte7 lahne chwaya.

.باش نرتاح لهنا شويّة

 
“I won’t rest until I’m done.”

Manich bech nerte7 ela ma nkamel.

.مانيش باش نرتاح الّا ما نكمّل

 
“I’ll let you rest for a while.”

Bech nkhalik terte7 chwaya.

.باش نخلّيك ترتاح شويّة

 
“When are you going to rest?”

Wa9tech bech terte7?

وقتاش باش ترتاح؟

 
“You two need to rest.”

Lezemkom terte7ou.

.لازمكم ترتاحو

 
“He wants to rest after working the whole week.”

Y7eb yerte7 ba3d ma khdem jem3a kemla.

.يحب يرتاح بعد ما خدم جمعة كاملة

 
“She is going to rest for a bit.”

Bech terte7 chwaya.

.باش ترتاح شويّة

 
“We’ll rest in about an hour.”

Bech nerte7ou swi3a.

.باش نرتاحو سويعة

 
“They are going to rest before we go out.”

Bech yerte7ou 9bal ma yokhrjou.

.باش يرتاحو قبل ما يخرجو