“Turn down” (measurement) (future) in Tunisian Arabic

In Tunisian Arabic, “Turn down” (the verb, in the context of measurement, in the future tense) is written using the Latin script as:

(I) Ena9as

(You) Tna9as

(You, plural) Tna9sou

(He) Yna9as

(She) Tna9as

(We) Ena9sou

(They) Yna9sou

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

انقص (I)

تنقص (You)

تنقصو (You, plural)

ينقص (He)

تنقص (She)

انقصو (We)

ينقصو (They)

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Examples in sentences or statements

 
“I am going to turn down the oven a little bit.”

Bech na9as el four chwaya.

.باش انقص الفور شوية

 
“Can you turn down the music a little?”

Tnejem tna9as lghna chwaya?

تنجم تنقص الغنا شوية؟

 
“Why don’t you turn down the brightness of your phone a little? It’s very bright.”

3leh matna9asch chwaya fi dhaw talifounek? Yecer 9wi.

.علاه ما تنقصش شوية في ضو تاليفونك؟ ياسر قوي

 
“Can you two turn down the TV volume? Your father is sleeping.”

Tnejem tna9as chwaya sout e talvza? Bouk re9ed.

.تنجم تنقص شوية صوت التلفزة؟ بوك راقد

 
“He is going to turn down the volume.”

Bech yna9as f sout.

.باش ينقص في الصوت

 
“She said she will turn down the volume of her TV.”

9alet bech tna9as fi sout talvza mte3ha.

.قالت باش تنقص في صوت التلفزة متاعها

 
“We are going to turn down the air conditioner once the room is a bit colder.”

Bech ena9sou fel climatiseur doub matebred chwaya.

.باش انقصو في الكليماتيزور دوب ماتبرد شوية

 
“I am going to ask them to turn down the volume slightly.”

Bech n9olhom na9sou e sout chwaya.​

.باش نقلهم نقصو الصوت شوية