“Picks up” (obtaining) (third-person) (verb) in Tunisian Arabic

In Tunisian Arabic, “Picks up” (the verb, in the context of obtaining something, in the third-person participle) is written using the Latin script as:

(m) Yjib

(f) Tjib

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

يجيب (m)

تجيب (f)

Listen to these two words pronounced (audio)


 

Examples in sentences or statements

 
“She picks up groceries on her way home.”

Tjib el 9adhya fi thnyetha ledar.

.تجيب القضية في ثنيتها للدار

 
“My husband picks up things for the house on his way home from work.”

Rajli yjib 7ajet ledar fi thnytou mel khedma.

.راجلي يجيب حاجات للدار في ثنيتو مالخدمة

 
“My husband picks up the kids from school on Fridays.” 

Rajli yjib essghar mel madrsa ayemet el jom3a.

.راجلي يجيب الصغار مالمدرسة أيامات الجمعة

 
“My brother picks up the newspaper on his way to the café each morning.”

Khouya yjib el jarida fi thnytou lel 9ahwa kol sbe7.

.خويا يجيب الجريدة في ثنيتو للقهوة كل صباح

 
“My wife picks up vegetables from the market every Saturday.”

Marti tjib el khodhra messou9 kol nhar sebt.

.مرتي تجيب الخضرة مالسوق كل نهار سبت

 

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