“Touch”, “Touches”, “Touching”, “Touched” (verbs) in Tunisian Arabic

In Tunisian Arabic, “Touch”, “Touches”, & “Touching” (the verbs) are all written using the Latin script as:

(m) Ymess

(f) Tmess

Using the Arabic script, these two words are written as:

يمس (m)

تمس (f)

In Tunisian Arabic, “Touched” (the verb) is written using the Latin script as:

(m) Mass

(f) Masset

Using the Arabic script, these two words are written as:

مس (m)

مسّت (f)

Listen to these words pronounced (audio)

 

Examples in sentences or statements

 
“She touched the flowers.”

Hiya masset el nawwar.

.هي مسّت النوّار

 
“She is touching the flowers.”

Hiya tmess fel nawwar.

.هي تمس في النوّار

 
“Do not touch.”

Ma tmessech.

.ما تمسّش

 
“It’s okay to touch.”

3adi ken tmess.

.عادي كان تمس

 
“Have you ever touched a camel?”

Massit jmal 9bal?

مسّيت جمل قبل؟