“Heads” (direction) (third-person) in Tunisian Arabic

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

(m) Yhezz

(f) T’hezz

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

يهز (m)

تهز (f)

Listen to these two words pronounced (audio)

 

Examples in sentences or statements

 
“This road heads west.”

Ethniya hethi t’hezz lel gharb.

.الثنية هذي تهز للغرب

 
“This path heads east.”

Ethniya hethi t’hezz lel char9.

.الثنية هذي تهز للشرق

 
“Follow the road that heads north.”

Tabba ethniya elli t’hezz lel chemel.

.تبّع الثنية اللّي تهز للشمال

 
“This road heads to the restaurant.”

Ethniya hethi t’hezz lel restaurant.

.الثنية هذي تهز للريستوران

 
“That type of bird heads south soon.”

El naw3iya mta3 l touyour hethika temchi lel jenoub 3ala 9rib.

.النوعية متع الطيور هذيكا تمشي للجنوب على قريب