“Shaving” (present) (verb) in Tunisian Arabic

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

(I) (m) 9e3ed n7ajjem

(I) (f) 9e3da n7ajjem

(You) (m) 9e3ed t7ajjem

(You) (f) 9e3da t7ajjem

(You, plural) 9e3din t7ajjmou

(He) 9e3ed y7ajjem

(She) 9e3da t7ajjem

(We) 9e3din n7ajjmou

(They) 9e3din y7ajjmou

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

قاعد نحجّم (m) (I)

قاعدة نحجّم (f) (I)

قاعد تحجّم (m) (You)

قاعدة تحجّم (f) (You)

قاعدين تحجّمو (You, plural)

قاعد يحجّم (He)

قاعدة تحجّم (She)

قاعدين نحجّمو (We)

قاعدين يججّمو (They)

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Examples in sentences or statements

 
I’m shaving right now.

(m) 9e3ed n7ajjem tawa.

(f) 9e3da n7ajjem tawa.

.قاعد نحجّم توا (m)

.قاعدة نحجّم توا (f)

 
I’m not shaving. I’m taking a quick shower.

(m) Menich 9e3ed n7ajjem. 9e3ed na3mel fi douche 5fif.

(f) Menich 9e3da n7ajjem. 9e3da na3mel fi douche 5fif.

.مانيش قاعد نحجّم. قاعد نعمل في دوش خفيف (m)

.مانيش قاعدة نحجّم. قاعدة نعمل في دوش خفيف (f)

 
Are you shaving?

(m) 9e3ed t7ajjem?

(f) 9e3da t7ajjem?

قاعد تحجّم؟ (m)

قاعدة تحجّم؟ (f)

 
Are you two at the barber shaving right now?

9e3din t7ajjmou 3and el 7ajjem tawa?

قاعدين تحجّمو عند الحجّام توا؟

 
My husband is in the bathroom shaving.

Rajli fi toilette 9e3ed y7ajjem.

.راجلي في التوالات قاعد يحجّم

 
She is upstairs shaving her legs.

El fou9 9e3da t7ajjem fi se9iha.

.الفوق قاعدة تحجّم في ساقيها

 
We are shaving right now.

9e3din n7ajjmou tawa.

.قاعدين نحجّمو توا

 
They are upstairs shaving their beards.

El fou9 9e3din y7ajjmou fi la7yethom.

.الفوق قاعدين يحجّمو في لحيتهم

 

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