“Spitting” (present) in Tunisian Arabic

In Tunisian Arabic, “Spitting” (the verb, in the present tense) is written using the Latin script as:

(I) (m) 9e3ed nebza9

(I) (f) 9e3da nebza9

(You) (m) 9e3ed tebza9

(You) (f) 9e3da tebza9

(You, plural) 9e3din tebz9ou

(He) 9e3ed yebza9

(She) 9e3da tebza9

(We) 9e3din nebz9ou

(They) 9e3din yebz9ou

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

قاعد نبزق  (m) (I)

قاعدة نبزق (f) (I)

قاعد تبزق (m) (You)

قاعدة تبزق (f) (You)

قاعدين تبزقو (You, plural)

قاعد يبزق (He)

قاعدة تبزق (She)

قاعدين نبزقو (We)

قاعدين يبزقو (They)

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Examples in sentences or statements

 
“I’m spitting.”

(m) 9e3ed nebza9.

(f) 9e3da nebza9.

 .قاعد نبزق (m)

.قاعدة نبزق (f)

 
“What are you spitting?”

(m) Fi chnou 9e3ed tebza9?

(f) Fi chnou 9e3da tebza9?

في شنو قاعد تبزق؟ (m)

في شنو قاعدة تبزق؟ (f)

 
“Why are you two spitting?”

Fi chnou 9e3din tebz9ou?

في شنو قاعدين تبزقو؟

 
“He is spitting out his gum before entering the meeting.”

9a3ed yebza9 fl shwingom 9bal mayodkhol lel reunion.

.قاعد يبزق في الشوينجوم قبل ما يدخل للرينيون

 
“She is in the bathroom spitting the bitter taste of medicine.”

Hya fel toilette 9e3da tebza9 fel mat3am lmorr mta3 ldwa.

.هي في التوالات تبزق في المطعم المر متع الدواء

 
“We are spitting it out.”

(masculine-based noun) 9a3din nebz9ou fih.

(feminine-based noun) 9a3din nebz9ou fiha.

.قاعدين نبزقو فيه (masculine-based noun)

.قاعدين نبزقو فيها (masculine-based noun)

 
“What are they spitting?”

Fi chnou 9e3din yebz9ou?

في شنو قاعدين يبزقو؟

 

Related words in Tunisian Arabic

“Spit” (imperative) in Tunisian Arabic

“Spit” (future) in Tunisian Arabic

“Spits” (third-person) in Tunisian Arabic
 

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