“Shapes” (third-person) in Tunisian Arabic

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

(m) Ychakel

(f) Tchakel

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

يشكل (m)

تشكل (f)

Listen to these two words pronounced (audio)

 

Examples in sentences or statements

 
“This dough shapes easily.”

Laajina hethi tetchakel fisa3.

.العجينة هذه تتشكل فيسع

 
“She shapes the clay like a professional.”

Hia tchakel lfa5ar kima l pro.

.هي تشكل الفخار كيما الپرو

 
“The cook shapes the dough with his hands.”

(m) Chef ychakel laajina bidih.

(f) Chef tchakel laajina bidiha.

.الشاف يشكل العجينة بيديه (m)

.الشاف تشكل العجينة بيديها (f)

 
“The chef shapes the pasta by hand.”

(m) Chef ychakel l pasta b idih.

(f) Chef tchakel l pasta b idiha.

.الشاف يشكل الباستا بيديه (m)

.الشاف تشكل الباستا بيديها (m)

 
“My son shapes sandcastles well.”

Weldi ychakel 9le3i rmal bl behi.

.ولدي يشكل قلاعي رمل بيديه

 

Related words in Tunisian Arabic

“Shape” (future) in Tunisian Arabic

“Shaping” (present) in Tunisian Arabic

“Shaped” (past) in Tunisian Arabic

In other Mediterranean languages and dialects

“Shapes” (third-person) in Turkish