“Split” (future) in Tunisian Arabic

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

(I) Na9sam

(You) Ta9sam

(You, plural) Ta9smou

(He) Ya9sam

(She) Ta9sam

(We) Na9smou

(They) Ya9smou

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

نقسم (I)

تقسم (You)

تقسمو (You, plural)

يقسم (He)

تقسم (She)

نقسمو (We)

يقسمو (They)

Listen to these words pronounced (audio)

 

Examples in sentences or statements

 
“I am going to split this chocolate bar in two.”

Bech na9sam tablet echoklata 3la zouz.

.بش نقسم تابلاي الشكلاطة على زوز

 
“Can you split the cards?”

Tnajem ta9sam el carta?

تنجم تقسم الكارتة؟

 
“Try to split the cake evenly.”

7awel ta9sam el cake 9ad 9ad.

.حاول تقسم الكايك قد قد

 
“Try to split the tasks between you two to save time.”

7awlou ta9smou les taches binetkom ezzouz bech terb7ou lwa9t.

.حاولو تقسمو لاي تاش بيناتكم الزوز بش تربحو الوقت

 
“The coach is going to split you into two groups.”

El coach bech ya9samkom 3la zouz groupet.

.الكوتش بش يقسمكم على زوز جروبات

 
“She is going to split the students into smaller groups for the project.”

Bech ta9sam les étudiants 3la groupet sghar lel projet.

.بش تقسم لايز ايتيديون على جروبات صغار للبروجاي

 
“(We) Would you like to split the cost of constructing the fence? “

T7eb na9smou 7a9 lsiége li bech nebniwah?

تحب نقسمو حق السياج اللي بش نبنيوه؟

 
“First of all, we will split the aubergines in half.”

Awel 7aja na9smou el badhenjen 3la zouz.

.أول حاجة نقسمو الباذنجان على زوز

 
“They are going to split the bill.”

Bech ya9smou el fetoura.

.بش يقسمو الفاتورة