“Spends” (time) (third-person) in Tunisian Arabic

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

(m) Y3adi

(f) T3adi

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

يعدّي (m)

تعدّي (f)

Listen to these two words pronounced (audio)

 

Examples in sentences or statements

 
“He spends a lot of time at work.”

Y3adi barcha wa9t fel khedma.

.يعدّي برشا وقت في الخدمة

 
“The father spends a lot of time with his son.”

El bou y3adi barcha wa9t m3a weldou.

.البو يعدّي برشا وقت مع ولدو

 
“She never spends time with them.”

3morha ma t3adi wa9t m3ahom.

.عمرها ما تعدّي وقت معاهم

 
“My daughter spends her Sundays cleaning her room.”

Benti t3adi ayamet la7ad tnadhef fi bitha.

.بنتي تعدّي أيامات الأحد تنظف في بيتها

 
“He spends his holidays with his family.”

Y3adi l3outal mte3ou 3ma 3ayeltou.

.يعدّي العطل متاعو مع عايلتو