“Tells” (third-person) in Tunisian Arabic

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

(m) Y9oul

(f) T9oul

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

يقول (m)

 تقول (f)

Listen to these two words pronounced (audio)

 

Examples in sentences or statements

 
“He never tells others’ secrets.”

3omrou ma y9oul asrar la3bed lokhrin.

.عمرو ميقول أسرار العباد لخرين

 
“He tells me everything.”

Y9oli kol chay.

.يقلّي كل شي

 
“My grandpa tells great stories.”

Jaddi ya7ki 7keyet ma7lehom.

.جدّي يحكي حكايات محلاهم

 
“She tells funny stories.”

Ta7ki 7keyet tdha7ek.

.تحكي حكايات تضحّك

 
“My son always tells me about how his day was when he gets home.”

Weldi dima y9oli kifech nharou t3ada ki yrawa7 l dar.

.ولدي ديما يقلّي كيفاش نهارو تعدّى كي يروّح للدار