“Become” (future) in Tunisian Arabic

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

(I) Nweli

(You) Tweli

(You, plural) Tweliw

(He) Yweli

(She) Tweli

(We) Nweliw

(They) Yweliw

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

نولّي (I)

تولّي (You)

تولّيو (You, plural)

يولّي (He)

تولّي (She)

نولّيو (We)

يولّيو (They)

Listen to these words pronounced (audio)

 

Examples in sentences or statements

 
“What do you want to be when you grow up?”

Chnowa t7eb tweli ki tekber?

شنوّا تحب تولّي كي تكبر؟

 
“I want to become an author.”

(m) N7eb nweli mou2allef.

(f) N7eb nweli mou2allfa.

.نحب نولّي مؤلف (m)

.نحب نولّي مؤلفة (f)

 
“My daughter wants to become a veterinarian.”

Benti t7eb tweli vétérinaire.

.بنتي تحب تولّي فيتيرينار

 
“He is training to become a pilot.”

9a3ed ya3mel fi formation bech yweli pilote.

.قاعد يعمل في فورماسيون باش يولّي بيلوت

 
“She is training to become an engineer.”

9a3da ta3mel fi formation bech tweli ingénieure.

.قاعدة تعمل في فورماسيون باش تولّي أنجينيور

 
“We both want to become doctors.”

Na7na ezouz n7ebou nwaliw tobba.

.نحنا الزوز نحبو نولّيو طبّة

 
“Both my sons want to become police officers.”

Awledi ezouz y7ebou ywaliw bouliseya.

.أولادي الزوز يحبو يولّيو بوليسيّة