“Sands” (third-person) in Tunisian Arabic

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

(m) Y7okk

(f) T7okk

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

يحكّ (m)

تحكّ (f)

Listen to these two words pronounced (audio)

 

Examples in sentences or statements

 
“This sandpaper sands well.”

El keghet la7rach hetha y7okk belgdé.

.الكاغت لحرش هذا يحكّ بلقدا

 
“She sands well.”

T7okk belbehi.

.تحكّ بالباهي

 
“The painter always sands the walls before painting.”

El dahhen dima y7okk l 7yout 9bal mayed’hen.

.الدهّان ديما يحكّ الحيوط قبل مايدهن

 
“He sands it using sandpaper and by hand.”

(masculine-based object) Y7okkou bel keghet la7rach w b yeddou.

(feminine-based object) Y7okk’ha bel keghet la7rach w b yeddou.

.يحكّو بالكاغت لحرش و بيدّو (masculine-based object)

.يحكّها بالكاغت لحرش و بيدّو (feminine-based object)

 
“She sands with a sander.”

T7okk bel mekina.

.تحكّ بالماكينة