“Stop” (imperative) in Tunisian Arabic

In Tunisian Arabic, “Stop” (as in the imperative statement, in the singular form) is written using the Latin script as:

Yezzi

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

يزي

In Tunisian Arabic, “Stop” (in the plural form) is written using the Latin script as:

Yezziw

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

يزيوا

Listen to these two words pronounced (audio)


 

Examples in sentences or statements

 
Stop for a minute.

Yezzi la7tha.

.يزي لحظة

 
Stop talking for a minute. I want to listen to the TV.

Yezzi m 7dith la7dha. N7eb nasma3 eli f talvza.

.يزي من الحديث لحظة. نحب نسمع إلي في التلفزة

 
Stop talking and listen to me.

Yezzi m 7dith w asmaani.

.يزي من الحديث و أسمعني

 
Stop scratching your wound!

Yezzi m 7akken jor7ek!

!يزي من حكان جرحك

 
(at school) “Stop running in the hallway!

Yezzi m jari f se7a!

!يزي من الجري في الساحة

 

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