“Wait” (future) in Tunisian Arabic

In Tunisian Arabic, “Wait” (the verb, in the future tense) is written using the Latin script as:

(I) Besh nestana

(You) Besh testana

(You, plural) Besh testanew

(He) Besh yestana

(She) Besh testana

(We) Besh nestanew

(They) Besh yestanew

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

باش نستنى (I)

باش تستنى (You)

باش تستناو (You, plural)

باش يستنى (He)

باش تستنى (She)

باش نستناو (We)

باش يستناو (They)

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Examples in sentences or statements

 
I’ll wait for you.

Besh nestana fik.

.باش نستنى فيك

 
I won’t wait for long. Be quick.

Manish besh nestana fik barsha. Ezreb.

مانيش باش نستنى فيك. ازرب

 
Will you wait for them?

Besh testana fihom?

باش تستنى فيهم؟

 
He’ll wait for a promotion.

Besh yestana el tar9iya.

.باش يستنى الترقية

 
She’ll wait for the results and decide after.

Besh testana al natija w ba3d t9arer.

.باش تستنى النتيجة وبعد تقرر

 
She won’t wait because she’s impatient.

Mahiyesh besh testana khatr ma3andhesh sabr.

.ماهياش باش تستنى خاطر معندهاش صبر

 
We’ll wait for five more minutes.

Besh nestanew 5 d9aye9 okhrin.

.باش نستناو 5 دقايق اخرين

 
They’ll wait if we ask them.

Besh yestanew  ken n9ouloulhom.

.باش يستناو كان نقولولهم

 

Related words in Tunisian Arabic

“Waits” (third-person) in Tunisian Arabic

“Waiting” (present) in Tunisian Arabic

“Waited” (past) in Tunisian Arabic

In other Mediterranean languages and dialects

“Wait” (future) in Lebanese Arabic

“Wait” (future) in Turkish
 

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