“Sleeps” (third-person) in Tunisian Arabic

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

(m) Yor9od

(f) Tor9od

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

يرقد (m)

 ترقد (f)

Listen to these two words pronounced (audio)

 

Examples in sentences or statements

 
“My dog sleeps a lot.”

(m) Kalbi yor9od barcha.

(f) Kalbti tor9od barcha.

.كلبي يرقد برشا (m)

.كلبتي ترقد برشا (f)

 
“My baby sleeps a lot.”

(m) Weldi yor9od barcha.

(f) Benti tor9od barcha.

.ولدي يرقد برشا (m)

.بنتي ترقد برشا (f)

 
“My husband sleeps about 8 hours per day.”

Rajli yor9od 9rabet el thmanya sweya3 fi el nhar.

.راجلي يرقد قرابة الثمنية سوايع في النهار

 
“My wife sleeps in the afternoons with our baby.”

Marti tor9od fi el 9ayla m3a el bébé mte3na.

.مرتي ترقد في القايلة مع البيبي متاعنا

 
“My daughter always sleeps with this blanket.”

Benti dima tor9od bel bataneya hedhi.

.بنتي ديما ترقد بالبطّانيّة هاذي

 

In other Mediterranean languages and dialects

“Sleeps” (third-person) in Lebanese Arabic

“Sleeps” (third-person) in Turkish