“Speaks” (third-person) in Lebanese Arabic

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

(m) Byehke

(f) Btehke

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

بيحكي (m)

بتحكي (f)

Listen to these two words pronounced (audio)

 

Examples in sentences or statements

 
“He speaks Lebanese Arabic.”

Byehke 3arabe lebnene.

.بيحكي عارابي لبنانا

 
“She speaks Lebanese Arabic.”

Btehke 3arabe lebnene.

.بتحكي عارابي لبنانا

 
“She speaks three dialects of Arabic.”

Btehke tlet darija 3arabe.

.بتحكي تلات داريجا عارابي

 
“He speaks very well.”

Byehke ktir mnih.

.بيحكي كتير منيح

 
“My father speaks with his brother every week.”

Baye byehke ma3 khayo kel jem3a.

.باي بيحكي ماع خايو كلجمعا