“Surfs” (third-person) in Tunisian Arabic

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

(m) Ysurfi

(f) Tsurfi

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

يسرفي (m)

تسرفي (f)

Listen to these two words pronounced (audio)

 

Examples in sentences or statements

 
“My husband surfs every weekend.”

Rajli ysurfi kol weekend.

.راجلي يسرفي كل ويكاند

 
“My sister surfs when the waves are good enough.”

Okhti tsurfi k amwej yebdew behin.

.أختي تسرفي كي الأمواج يبداوا باهين

 
“He often surfs in the morning.”

Houa aghleb lwa9t ysurfi f sbe7.

.هو أغلب الوقت يسرفي في الصباح

 
“She surfs a lot during her summer break.”

Hia tsurfi barcha f 3otlet essif.

.هي تسرفي برشا في عطلة الصيف

 
“My wife surfs. I don’t.”

Marti tsurfi. Ena le.

.مرتي تسرفي. أنا لا

 

Related words in Tunisian Arabic

“Sea”, “Seas” in Tunisian Arabic

In other Mediterranean languages and dialects

“Surf” (future) in Turkish