“Leave” (object) (future) in Tunisian Arabic

In Tunisian Arabic, “Leave” (the verb, as in to leave something somewhere, in the future tense) is written using the Latin script as:

(I) Nkhalli

(You) Tkhalli

(You, plural) Tkhalliw

(He) Ykhalli

(She) Tkhalli

(We) Nkhalliw

(They) Ykhalliw

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

نخلي (I)

تخلي (You)

تخليو (You, plural)

يخلي (He)

تخلي (She)

نخليو (We)

يخليو (They)

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Examples in sentences or statements

 
 “I am going to leave my shoes here.”

Bech nkhalli sabbati houni.

.بش نخلي صباطي هوني

 
“I am not going to leave the car here. I am going to park it elsewhere.”

Manich bech nkhalli lkarhba houni. Bech nparkiha fi blasa okhra.

.مانيش بش نخلي الكرهبة هوني. بش نبركيها في بلاصة أخرى

 
“Can you leave the car keys on the table?”

Tnajam tkhalli mefte7 lkarhba fou9 ettawla?

تنجم تخلي مفتاح الكرهبة فوق الطاولة؟

 
“Where are you two going to leave your car?”

Win bech tkhalliw lkarhba?

وين بش تخليو الكرهبة؟

 
“He said he is going to leave the boxes upstairs.”

9al elli houa bech ykhalli l kreden lfou9.

.قال اللي هو بش يخلي الكرادن الفوق

 
“She will leave the front door open for you.”

Bech tkhallilek lbeb ma7loul.

.بش تخليلك الباب محلول

 
“We are going to leave some cookies for the kids.”

Bech nkhalliw chwaya biscuit lel sghar.

.بش نخليو شوية بيسكوي للصغار

 
“They are going to leave their shopping bags in the back seat.”

 Bech ykhalliw les sachets mta3 l9adhya fel karhba lteli.

.بش يخليو لي ساشي متع القضية في الكرهبة لتالي

 

Related words in Tunisian Arabic

“Leaves” (object) (third-person) in Tunisian Arabic

“Leaving” (object) (present) in Tunisian Arabic

“Left” (object) (past) in Tunisian Arabic

In other Mediterranean languages and dialects

“Leave” (object) (future) in Lebanese Arabic

“Leave” (object) (future) in Turkish
 

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