“Slid” (accidentally) (subject) (past) in Tunisian Arabic

In Tunisian Arabic, “Slid” (the verb, as in a subject sliding accidentally, in the past tense) is written using the Latin script as:

(I) Zlo9t

(You) Zlo9t

(You, plural) Zlo9tou

(He) Zlo9

(She) Zol9et

(We) Zlo9na

(They) Zol9ou

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

زلقت (I)

زلقت (You)

زلقتو (You, plural)

زلق (He)

زلقت (She)

زلقنا (We)

زلقو (They)

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Examples in sentences or statements

 
“I slid and fell.”

Zlo9t w to7t.

.زلقت وطحت

 
“No, I didn’t slide.”

Lé, mazlo9tech.

.لا، مازلقتش

 
“Did you slide?”

(singular) Ye5i zlo9t?

(plural) Ye5i zlo9tou?

ياخي زلقت؟ (singular)

ياخي زلقتو؟ (plural)

 
“Last night, you slid out of bed.”

Lberah, enti to7t mel farch.

.البارح، انت طحت مالفرش

 
“Did you slide on the ice outside?”

(singular) Zlo9t fel thelj lbarra?

(plural) Zlo9tou fel thelj lbarra?

زلقت في الثلج لبرّا؟ (singular)

زلقتو في الثلج لبرّا؟ (plural)

 
“Did you two both slide at all walking over here?”

Entouma ezzouz zlo9tou wentouma jeyin lenna?

انتوما الزوز زلقتو وانتوما جايين لنّا؟

 
“He didn’t notice the loose rocks and slid.”

Mafe9ech bel 7jar ye5i zlo9.

.مافاقش بالحجر ياخي طاح

 
“He slid but didn’t fall.”

Zlo9 ama mata7ech.

.زلق أما ماطاحش

 
“She slid and hurt her hip.”

Zol9et w jar7et jnabha.

.زلقت وجرحت جنبها

 
“We slid on the ice on the porch.”

Zlo9na fel thelj fel viranda.

.زلقنا في الثلج في الفيراندا

 
(purposefully sliding) “The kids slid down the hill.”

Essghar tza7l9ou fel hadhba.

.الصغار تزحلقو في الهضبة

 

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