“Date” (romance) (future) (verb) in Tunisian Arabic

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

(I) Nsou7eb

(You) Tsou7eb

(You, plural) Tsou7bou

(He) Ysou7eb

(She) Tsou7eb

(We) Nsou7bou

(They) Ysou7bou

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

نصوحب (I)

تصوحب (You)

تصوحبو (You, plural)

يصوحب (He)

تصوحب (She)

نصوحبو (We)

يصوحبو (They)

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Examples in sentences or statements

 
“I want to date him.”

N7eb nsou7bou.

.نحب نصوحبو

 
“She told me she wants to date you.”

Heya 9aletli eli heya t7eb tsou7bek.

.هي قالتلي الّي هي تحب تصوحبك

 
“Are you going to date him?”

Bech tsou7bou?

باش تصوحبو؟

 
(rhetorical question) “Are you two going to date already?!” 

Bech tsou7bou b3adhkom déjà?!

باش تصوحبو بعضكم ديجا!؟

 
“He wants to date you.”

Howa y7eb ysou7bek.

.هو يحب يصوحبك

 
“She wants to date him.”

Heya t7eb tsou7bou.

.هي تحب تصوحبو

 
“We spoke about it and we’re going to start dating.”

7kina w bech nsou7bou b3adhna.

.حكينا و باش نصوحبو بعضنا

 
“They don’t know it yet but they will date. You watch.”

Mazelou mafibelhomch ama bech ysou7bou b3adhhom. Ataw tchouf.

.مازالو مفيبالهمش أما باش يصوحبو بعضهم. أتو تشوف

 

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