“Rests” (third-person) in Tunisian Arabic

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

(m) Yerte7

(f) Terte7

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

 يرتاح (m)

ترتاح (f)

Listen to these two words pronounced (audio)

 

Examples in sentences or statements

 
“He rests more during lunch.”

Yerte7 akther wa9t lftour.

.يرتاح أكثر وقت الفطور

 
“My father rests after work.”

Baba yerte7 ba3d el khedma.

.بابا يرتاح بعد الخدمة

 
“My wife rests a lot after putting the kids to bed.”

Marti terte7 barcha ba3d ma tra9ed esghar.

.مرتي ترتاح برشا بعد ما ترقّد الصغار

 
“My sister rests a lot on the weekends.”

Okhti terte7 barcha f les weekends.

.أختي ترتاح برشا في لاي ويكاند

 
“She always rests for a bit after work.”

Dima terte7 chwaya ba3d el khedma.

.ديما ترتاح شويّة بعد الخدمة