“Starts” (functionality) (third-person) in Tunisian Arabic

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

(m) Y5addem

(f) T5addem

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

يخدّم (m)

 تخدّم (f)

Listen to these two words pronounced (audio)

 

Examples in sentences or statements

 
“This oven starts slowly.”

Hedha el four bessif ye5dem.

.هذا الفور بالسيف يخدم

 
“This button starts the coffee machine.”

Hedha el 9ars y5addem makinet el 9ahwa.

.هذا القرص يخدّم ماكينة القهوة

 
“This button starts the washing machine.”

Hedha el 9ars y5addem el 8assela.

.هذا القرص يخدّم الغسّالة

 
“He starts the coffee machine as soon as he wakes up.”

Howa y5addem makinet el 9ahwa doub ma yfi9.

.هو يخدّم ماكينة القهوة دوب ما يفيق

 
“She starts the washing machine whenever it’s filled with dirty clothes.”

Hiya t5addem el 8assela kol ma tet3abba bel dbach lmasa5.

.هي تخدّم الغسّالة كل ما تتعبّى بالدبش المّسّخ