“Toasts” (subject) (third-person) in Tunisian Arabic

In Tunisian Arabic, “Toasts” (the verb, as in a subject toasting food, in the third-person participle) is written using the Latin script as:

(m) Ysa5an

(f) Tsa5an

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

يسخن (m)

تسخن (f)

(Editor’s note: In Tunisian Arabic, this verb series also means “Heats” (third-person). For more information, see the IBL page, “Heats” (third-person) in Tunisian Arabic.)

Listen to these two words pronounced (audio)


 

Examples in sentences or statements

 
This machine toasts well.

El makina hedhi tsa5an bilbahi..

.الماكينة هذي تسخن بلباهي

 
This toaster toasts quickly.

L grille-pain hedhi tsa5an fisa3.

.القري بان هذي تسخن فيسع

 
This toaster toasts slowly.

L grille-pain hedhi tsa5an bechwaya.

.القري بان هذي تسخن بالشوية

 
This restaurant always toasts their bread.

E restaurant hedha dima ysa5an l 5obz.

.الرستورون هذا ديما يسخن الخبز

 
He always toasts bread for breakfast.

Dima ysa5an 5obz l ftour e sbe7.

.ديما يسخن خبز لفطور الصباح

 

Related words in Tunisian Arabic

“Heats” (third-person) in Tunisian Arabic

“Toast” (subject) (future) in Tunisian Arabic

“Toasting” (subject) (present) in Tunisian Arabic

In other Mediterranean languages and dialects

“Toasts” (third-person) in Turkish
 

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