“Searched” (past) in Tunisian Arabic

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

(I) Lawejt

(You) Lawejt

(You, plural) Lawejtou

(He) Lawej

(She) Lawjet

(We) Lawejna

(They) Lawjou

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

لوجت (I)

لوجت (You)

لوجتوا (You, plural)

لوج (He)

لوجت (She)

لوجنا (We)

لوجوا (They)

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Examples in sentences or statements

 
“I searched for my bag in the car trunk but it wasn’t there.”

Lawejt 3ala kartabelti fi mal el karhba ama makenetch fam.

.لوجت على كرتابلتي في مال الكرهبة اما مقيتهاش فم

 
“I didn’t search for my bag there.”

Ma lawejtech 3ala kartabelti fam.

.ما لوجتش على كرتابلتي فم

 
“Did you search for it under the couch?”

Lawejt ta7t el canapé?

لوجت تحت الكناباي ؟

 
“Did you two search for the keys in the kitchen?”

Lawejtou entom zouz 3al mfete7 fil koujina?

لوجتوا انتم الزوز عالمفتاح تحت الفرش ؟

 
“He searched for his phone under the bed.”

Lawej 3ala talifounou ta7t el farch.

.لوج على تاليفونو تحت الفرش

 
“She searched for her keys everywhere but she couldn’t find them.”

Lawjet 3ala mfeta7ha fi kol blasa ama manejmetch tel9ahom.

.لوجت على مفاتحها في كل باصة اما منجمتش تلقاهم

 
“We searched for the toolbox in the shed but it was in the kitchen cabinet.”

Lawejna 3ala sandou9 el material fi s9ifa ama hwa ken fi 9jar el koujina.

.لوجنا على صندوق الماتريال في السقيفة اما هو كان في قجر الكوجينة

 
“The kids searched for the ball in the garden but they couldn’t find it.”

Sghar lawjou 3alkoura fil jarda ama manejmouch yel9awha.

.الصغار لوجوا عالكورة في الجردة اما منجموش يلقاوها

 

Related words in Tunisian Arabic

“Search” (future) in Tunisian Arabic

“Searching” (present) in Tunisian Arabic