“Sit” (imperative) in Tunisian Arabic

In Tunisian Arabic, “Sit” (the verb, as in the imperative statement, in the singular form) is written using the Latin script as:

(m) Og3ed

(f) Og3di

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

أقعد (m)

أقعدي (f)

In Tunisian Arabic, “Sit” (in the plural form) is written using the Latin script as:

Og3edou

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

أقعدوا

Listen to these three words pronounced (audio)

 

Examples in sentences or statements

 
“Sit over here.”

(singular) Og3ed lehna.

(plural) Og3dou lehna.

.أقعد لهنا (singular)

.أقعدوا لهنا (plural)

 
“Kids, sit still and do your homework.”

S8ar, og3dou hna e5dmou drouskom.

.صغار، أقعدوا هنا كملو خدمتكم

 
“Sit in the front row if you have problems seeing the blackboard.”

(singular) Og3ed f saff lowel ken tnajimch tchouf saboura.

(plural) Og3dou f saff lowel ken tnajmouch tchoufou saboura.

.أقعد في صف لول كان تنجمش تشوف صبورة (singular)

 .أقعدوا في صف لول كان تنجموش تشوفوا صبورة (plural)

 
“Sit here and wait for your turn.”

(singular) Og3ed hna o estana dourek.

(plural) Og3dou hna o estannou dourkom.

.أقعد هنا و إستنى دورك (singular)

  .أقعدوا هنا و إستنوا دوركم (plural)

 
“Sit down!”

(singular) Og3ed!

(plural) Og3dou!

!أقعد (singular)

!أقعدوا (plural)