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

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

(m) Yebda

(f) Tebda

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

يبدى (m)

تبدى (f)

Listen to these two words pronounced (audio)

 

Examples in sentences or statements

 
“He starts reading a new book every week.”

Yebda ya9ra kteb jdid kol jom3a.

.يبدى يقرى كتاب جديد كل جمعة

 
“Mom starts cooking at around 6:30pm on weekdays.”

Ommi tebda ettayeb m3a el setta w noss mta3 la3chya kol nhar.

.أمي تبدى تطيب مع الستة و نص متع العشية كل نهار

 
“School starts in September.”

El 9raya tebda fi septembre.

.لقراية تبدى في سبتمبر

 
“He always starts the meetings on time.”

Dyma yebda les réunions mte3ou fel wa9t.

.ديما يبدى لاي رينيون متاعو في الوقت

 
“She starts work everyday at 8am.”

Tebda lkhedma kll nhar el thmanya mta3 essbe7.

.تبدى الخدمة كل نهار الثمنية متع الصباح

 
“My brother starts working out at 7:15am every morning.”

Khouya yebda yetrena el sab3a w rbo3 koll sbe7.

.خويا يبدى يترانا السبعة و ربع كل صباح

 

In other Mediterranean languages and dialects

“Starts” (new) (third-person) (verb) in Turkish