“Votes” (third-person) in Tunisian Arabic

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

(m) Ysawat

(f) Tsawat

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

 يصوت (m)

 تصوت (f)

Listen to these two words pronounced (audio)

 

Examples in sentences or statements

 
“She votes in every presidential election.”

Tsawat fi kol inti5abet ri2esiya.

.تصوت في كل انتخابات رئاسية

 
“My husband votes in every election.”

Rajli ysawat fi kol inti5abet.

.راجلي يصوت في كل انتخابات

 
“My mother never votes.”

Ommi 3morha matsawat.

.أمّي عمرها ما تصوت

 
“He votes for his favourite candidate during every election.”

Ysawat el motrach7ou el moufadhal fi kol initi5abet.

.يصوت لمترشحو المفضل في كل انتخابات

 
“He often votes for his favourite contestant in talent shows.”

(when the contestant is male) Mokther el wa9t ysawat l a7sen metseba9 lilou fi barnemej el maweheb.

(when the contestant is female) Mokther el wa9t ysawat l a7sen metseb9a lilou fi barnemej el maweheb.

.مكثر الوقت يصوت لأحسن متسابق ليلو في برنامج المواهب (when the contestant is male)

.مكثر الوقت يصوت لأحسن متسابقة ليلو في برنامج المواهب (when the contestant is female)