“Stops” (being stopped) (third-person) in Tunisian Arabic

In Tunisian Arabic, “Stops” (the verb, as in an object or person being stopped, in the third-person participle) is written using the Latin script as:

(m) Ywa9ef

(f) Twa9ef

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

 يوقّف (m)

 توقّف (f)

Listen to these two words pronounced (audio)


 

Examples in sentences or statements

 
“The washing machine stops by pressing this button.”

El felsa hedhi twa9ef makinet esaboun.

.الفلسة هاذي توقّف ماكينة الصابون

 
“This bus driver stops the bus frequently.”

Chauffeur el kar hedha ywa9ef el kar dima.

.شوفور الكار هذا يوقّف الكار ديما

 
“This server stops working frequently and takes breaks outside.”

El serveur ywa9ef el khedma dima w yokhrej ya3mel pause lbara.

.السرفور يوقّف الخدمة ديما و يخرج يعمل بوز البرّا

 
“This button starts the recording and this button stops it.”

El felsa hedhi tkhadem el tasjil wl felsa hedhi twa9fou.

.الفلسة هاذي تخدّم التسحيل و الفلسة هاذي توقّفو

 
“He stops his little sister from crying often by talking to her.”

Mokther el wa9t ya7ki m3a okhtou bech twa9ef el bke.

.مكثر الوقت يحكي مع أختو باش توقّف البكاء

 

In other Mediterranean languages and dialects

“Stops” (third-person) (verb) in Lebanese Arabic

“Stops” (being stopped) (future) in Turkish
 

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