“Whispered” (past) in Lebanese Arabic

In Lebanese Arabic, “Whispered” (the verb, in the past tense) is written using the Latin script as:

(I) Washwashet

(You) (m) Washwashet

(You) (f) Washwashte

(You, plural) Washwashto

(He) Washwash

(She) Washwashit

(We) Washwashna

(They) Washwasho

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

وشوشت (I)

وشوشت (You) (m)

وشوشتي (You) (f)

وشوشتو (You, plural)

وشوش (He)

وشوشتي (She)

وشوشنا (We)

وشوشو (They)

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Examples in sentences or statements

(Editor’s note: In one or more of the following statements, the word “Whispered” is replaced with an applicable word or words to keep the statement colloquial but to maintain the meaning of the word “Whispered” (“Whisper” in the past tense).)
 
“I whispered it to him.”

Washwashto.

.وشوشتو

 
“I didn’t whisper it to him. I wrote it down.”

Mawashwashto. Katabta.

.ما وشوشتو. كاتابتا

 
“Did you whisper it to him?”

(m) 2enta washwashtiyo?

(f) 2ente washwashtiyo?

أنتا وشوشتيو؟ (m)

أنتي وشوشتيو؟ (f)

 
“He whispered the answer to me.”

Huwe washwashne 2al 2ijebe.

.هو وشوشني ألأيجابي

 
“She whispered the answer to me.”

Hiye washwashne 2al 2ijebe.

.هي وشوشني ألأجابي

 
“We whispered a lot so that we could still communicate while studying in the library.”

Nahna washwashna ktir la ne2dar nehke lama 3amnedros bel maktabe.

.ناحنا وشوشنا كتير لانقدار نحكي لاما عمندروس بل ماكتبي

 
“They whispered with each other for about an hour.”

Washwasho 3a ba3ad la medet se3a.

.وشوشو عا بعد لا مدت ساعا

 

In other Mediterranean languages and dialects

“Whispered” (past) in Tunisian Arabic

“Whispered” (past) in Turkish