“Bakes” (third-person) in Tunisian Arabic

In Tunisian Arabic, “Bakes” (the verb, in the third-person participle) is written using the Latin script as:

(m) Ytayab

(f) Etayab

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

يطيب (m)

اطيب (f)

(Editor’s note: In Tunisian Arabic, this verb series also means “Cooks” (third-person). For more information, see the IBL page, “Cooks” (third-person) in Tunisian Arabic.)

Listen to these two words pronounced (audio)

 

Examples in sentences or statements

 
“My mother bakes a lot.”

Ommi etayab barcha.

.أمّي اطيب برشا

 
“He bakes the best cookies I’ve ever tasted!”

Tayab aban biscuits dho9tou fi 7yeti!

!يطيب أبن بسكوي ذقتو في حياتي

 
“My sister bakes to relax.”

O5ti etayab bech tarte7.

.أختي اطيب باش ترتاح

 
“This bakery bakes the best bread in town.”

El koucha hedhi etayab aban 5obz fel mdina.

.الكوشة هذي اطيب أبن خبز في المدينة

 
“This oven bakes well.”

El four hedha yatab bilbahi.

.الفور هذا يطيب بلباهي

 

Related words in Tunisian Arabic

“Cooks” (third-person) in Tunisian Arabic

“Bake” (future) in Tunisian Arabic

“Baking” (present) in Tunisian Arabic

In other Mediterranean languages and dialects

“Bakes” (third-person) in Lebanese Arabic