“Went by” (past) in Tunisian Arabic

In Tunisian Arabic, “Went by” (the verb, in the past tense) is written using the Latin script as:

(I) T3addit

(You) T3addit

(You, plural) T3additou

(He) T3adda

(She) T3addet

(We) T3addina

(They) T3addew

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

تعدّيت (I)

تعدّيت (You)

تعدّيتو (You, plural)

تعدّى (He)

تعدّات (She)

تعدّينا (We)

تعدّاو (They)

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Examples in sentences or statements

 
“I went by her place but no one was there.”

T3addit men darha ama marit 7atta 7ad.

.تعدّيت من دارها أما ماريت حتّى حد

 

“I never went by that store.”

3omri mat3addit lel 7anout hedheka.

.عمري ماتعدّيت للحانوت هاذاكا

 

“Where did you go by before you came home?”

(singular) Lwin t3addit 9bal matji leddar?

(plural) Lwin t3additou 9bal matjiw leddar?

لوين تعدّيت قبل ماتجي للدّار؟ (singular)

لوين تعدّيتو قبل ماتجيو للدّار؟ (plural)

 

“Since you went by the grocery store, you could have bought eggs.”

(singular) Medem t3addit lel 7anout, kont tnajjam techri 3adham.

(plural) Medemkom t3addit lel 7anout, kontou tnajjmou techriw 3adham.

.مادامك تعدّيت للحانوت، كنت تنجّم تشري عضم (singular)

.مادامكم تعدّيتو للحانوت، كنتو تنجّمو تشريو عضم (plural)

 

“The delivery truck just went by.”

El kamyouna mta3 ettawsil taw taw t3addet.

.الكميونة متع التوصيل تو تو تعدّات

 

“The duck went by in front of you. Didn’t you see it?”

(singular) El batta t3addet men 9oddemek. Ye5i marithech?

(plural) El batta t3addet men 9oddemkom. Ye5i maritouhech?

البطّة تعدّات من قدّامك. ياخي ماريتهاش؟ (singular)

البطّة تعدّات من قدّامكم. ياخي ماريتوهاش؟ (plural)

 

“We went by the bar but it was closed.”

T3addina men 9oddem l bar ama ken msakker.

.تعدّينا من قدّام البار أما كان مسكّر

 

“We almost never went by this neighbourhood.”

Ta9riban 3omrna mat3addina mel 7ouma hedhi.

.تقريبا عمرنا ماتعدّينا مالحومة هذي

 

“They went by really fast.”

T3addew fisa3 fisa3.

.تعدّاو فيسع فيسع