“Water” (future) (verb) in Tunisian Arabic

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

(I) Nes9i

(You) Tes9i

(You, plural) Tes9iw

(He) Yes9i

(She) Tes9i

(We) Nes9iw

(They) Yes9iw

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

نسقي (I)

تسقي (You)

تسقيو (You, plural)

يسقي (He)

تسقي (She)

نسقيو (We)

يسقيو (They)

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Examples in sentences or statements

 
I’m going to go water the plants.

Bech nemchi nes9i el nabtet.

.باش نمشي نسقي النبتات

 
I’m going to water the plants this afternoon.

Bech nes9i el nabtet fel 9ayla.

.باش نسقي النبتات في القايلة

 
Can you water the plants while I’m gone?

Tnajem tes9i el nabtet ki nabda mouch hne?

تنجم تسقي النبتات كي نبدى موش هنا؟

 
“Can you two water the plants while we’re away?”

Tnajmou tes9iw el nabtet ki nabdew mouch hne?

تنجمو تسقيو النبتات كي نبداو موش هنا؟

 
This will water the plants better.

(m) Hedha bech yes9i el nabtet khir.

(f) Hedhi bech tes9i el nabtet khir.

.هذا باش يسقي النبتات خير (m)

.هاذي باش تسقي النبتات خير (f)

 
My mother went to the back yard to water the garden.

Omi mchet lel jarda tilaneyya bech tes9i el jnina.

.أمي مشات للجردة التيلانيّة باش تسقي الجنينة

 
We are going to go water the front lawn now.

A7na bech nes9iw el 7chich tawa.

.أحنا باش نسقيو الحشيش توّا

 
Let’s water the plants before we leave.

Haya nes9iw el nabtet 9bal ma nemchiw.

.هيّا نسقيو النبتات قبل منمشيو

 
The neighbours are about to water their yard.

El jiren bech yes9iw el jarda mte3hom.

.الجيران باش يسقيو الجردة متاعهم

 

Related words in Tunisian Arabic

“Water” (noun) in Tunisian Arabic

“Waters” (third-person) (verb) in Tunisian Arabic

“Watering” (present) (verb) in Tunisian Arabic

“Watered” (past) (verb) in Tunisian Arabic

In other Mediterranean languages and dialects

“Water” (future) (verb) in Turkish
 

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