“Stops” (subject stopping) (third-person) in Tunisian Arabic

In Tunisian Arabic, “Stops” (the verb, as in a subject stopping or telling a subject to stop, in the third-person participle) is written using the Latin script as:

(m) Ye9ef

(f) Te9ef

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

 ياقف (m)

 تاقف (f)

Listen to these two words pronounced (audio)

 

Examples in sentences or statements

 
“When my father starts talking about the army, he almost never stops.”

Ki baba yabda ya7ki 3al jaych, ma3adech ye9ef.

.كي بابا يبدا يحكي عالجيش، ماعادش ياقف

 
“She always stops there.”

Dima te9ef lghadi.

.ديما تاقف لغادي

 
“The bus stops in front of my house.”

El kar te9ef 9oddem dari.

.الكار تاقف قدّام داري

 
“He stops every ten minutes.”

Ye9ef kol darjin.

.ياقف كل درجين

 
“My mom always stops there to rest.”

Ommi dima te9ef ghadi bech terte7.

.أمّي ديما تاقف غادي بش ترتاح