“Swims” (third-person) (verb) in Tunisian Arabic

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

(m) Y3oum

(f) T3oum

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

يعوم (m)

تعوم (f)

Listen to these two words pronounced (audio)

 

Examples in sentences or statements

 
“He swims every morning.”

Y3oum kol sbe7.

.يعوم كلّ صباح

 
“She swims very well.”

T3oum belbehi.

.تعوم بالباهي

 
“That type of fish swims fast.”

Naw3 l 7out hetha y3oum bezzerba.

نوع الحوت هذا يعوم بالزّربة.

 
“My sister swims on the university team.”

Okhti t3oum fel feri9 mta3 el jem3a.

.أختي تعوم في الفريق متع الجامعة

 
“My father swims most mornings.”

Baba y3oum ta9riban kol sbeh.

.بابا يعوم تقريبا كل صباح

 

In other Mediterranean languages and dialects

“Swims” (verb) in Lebanese Arabic

“Swims” (verb) in Turkish