"Filling" (present) in Tunisian Arabic

In Tunisian Arabic, "Filling" (the verb, in the present tense) is written using the Latin script as:

(I) (m) 9e3ed n3abbi (9a3ed n3abbi)

(I) (f) 9e3da n3abbi (9a3da n3abbi)

(You) (m) 9e3ed t3abbi (9a3ed t3abbi)

(You) (f) 9e3da t3abbi (9a3da t3abbi)

(You, plural) 9e3din t3abbiw (9a3din t3abbiw)

(He) 9e3ed y3abbi (9a3ed y3abbi)

(She) 9e3da t3abbi (9a3da t3abbi)

(We) 9e3din n3abbiw (9a3din n3abbiw)

(They) 9e3din y3abbiw (9a3din y3abbiw)

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

قاعد نعبّي (m) (I)

قاعدة نعبّي (f) (I)

قاعد تعبّي (m) (You)

قاعدة تعبّي (f) (You)

قاعدين تعبّيو (You, plural)

قاعد يعبّي (He)

قاعدة تعبّي (She)

قاعدين نعبّيو (We)

قاعدين يعبّيو (They)

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Examples in sentences or statements

 
"I'm filling this bucket up with potatoes."

(m) 9e3ed n3abbi fi stal hedha bel batata.

(f) 9e3da n3abbi fi stal hedha bel batata.

.قاعد نعبّي في السطل هذا بالبطاطا (m)

.قاعدة نعبّي في السطل هذا بالبطاطا (f)

 
"I'm not filling it to the top."

(m) (masculine-based) Menich 9e3ed n3abbi fih l top.

(m) (feminine-based) Menich 9e3ed n3abbi fiha l top.

(f) (masculine-based) Menich 9e3da n3abbi fih l top.

(f) (feminine-based) Menich 9e3da n3abbi fiha l top.

.مانيش قاعد نعبّي فيه للتوب (m) (masculine-based)

.مانيش قاعد نعبّي فيها للتوب (m) (feminine-based)

.مانيش قاعدة نعبّي فيه للتوب (f) (masculine-based)

.مانيش قاعدة نعبّي فيها للتوب (f) (feminine-based)

 
"What are you filling the hole in with?"

(m) B chnou 9e3ed t3abbi fel 7ofra?

(f) B chnou 9e3da t3abbi fel 7ofra?

بشنو قاعد تعبّي في الحفرة؟ (m)

بشنو قاعدة تعبّي في الحفرة؟ (f)

 
"Why are you two filling the bowls with water?"

3leh 9e3din t3abbiw fi s7afi fel ma?

علاه قاعدين تعبّيو في الصحافي بالماء؟

 
"He is filling up his car right now."

9e3ed y3abbi fi karhabtou plein tawa.

.قاعد يعبّي في كرهبتو بلان توا

 
"She is downstairs filling up another bucket of water."

Louta 9e3da t3abbi fi stal e5er bel ma.

.لوطة قاعدة تعبّي في سطل آخر بالماء

"(gas in a car) We're filling it up."

9e3din n3abbiw fiha plein.

.قاعدين نعبّيو فيها بلان

 
"They are filling up their car."

9e3din y3abbiw fi karhbethom plein.

.قاعدين يعبّيو في كرهبتهم بلان

 

Related words in Tunisian Arabic

"Fill" (future) in Tunisian Arabic

"Fills" (third-person) in Tunisian Arabic
 

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