“Drew” (past) in Tunisian Arabic

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

(I) Sawart

(You) Sawart

(You, plural) Sawartou

(He) Sawer

(She) Sawret

(We) Sawarna

(They) Sawrou

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

صوّرت (I)

صوّرت (You)

صوّرتو (You, plural)

صوّر (He)

صوّرت (She)

صوّرنا (We)

صوّرو (They)

Listen to these words pronounced (audio)


 

Examples in sentences or statements

 
“I drew a picture.”

Sawart taswira.

.صوّرت تصويرة

 
“I didn’t draw in the notebook.”

Masawartech fel karasa.

.مصوّرتش في الكراسة

 
“What did you draw?”

Chnowa sawart?

شنوا صوّرت؟

 
“Did you two draw with crayons or coloured pencils?”

Sawartou bel 9lamet wala bel stylouwet?

صوّرتو بالقلمات ولّا بالستيلوات؟

 
“He drew a world map.”

Sawer kharitet el 3alem.

.صوّر خريطة العالم

 
“She drew with watercolours on her sketchbook.”

Sawret bel gouache fi karasetha.

.صوّرت بالڨواش في كراستها

 
“He didn’t draw on a canvas.”

Masawarch 3la etableau.

.مصوّرش على التابلو

 
“We drew with watercolours.”

Sawarna bel gouache.

.صوّرنا بالڨواش

 
“They drew on the walls.”

Sawrou 3al 7yout.

.صوّرو على الحيط

 
“The children drew animals today.”

Esghar sawrou 7aywanet lyoum.

.الصغار صوّرو حيوانات اليوم

 

Related words in Tunisian Arabic

“Drawing”, “Drawings” (nouns) in Tunisian Arabic

“Draw” (future) in Tunisian Arabic

“Drawing” (present) in Tunisian Arabic
 

Comments are closed.