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

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

(I) (m) 9a3ed n3oum

(I) (f) 9a3da n3oum

(You) (m) 9a3ed t3oum

(You) (f) 9a3da t3oum

(You, plural) 9a3din t3oumou

(He) 9a3ed y3oum

(She) 9a3da t3oum

(We) 9a3din n3oumou

(They) 9a3din y3oumou

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

قاعد نعوم (m) (I)

قاعدة نعوم (f) (I)

قاعد تعوم (m) (You)

قاعدة تعوم (f) (You)

قاعدين تعومو (You, plural)

قاعد يعوم (He)

قاعدة تعوم (She)

قاعدين نعومو (We)

قاعدين يعومو (They)

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Examples in sentences or statements

 
I’m swimming at the beach.

(m) Ena 9a3ed n3oum fel b7ar.

(f) Ena 9a3da n3oum fel b7ar.

.انا قاعد نعوم في البحر (m)

.انا قاعدة نعوم في البحر (f)

 
I’m not swimming today.

Menich bech n3oum lyoum.

.مانيش بش نعوم اليوم

 
Are you swimming right now?

(m) 9a3ed t3oum taw?

(f) 9a3da t3oum taw?

 قاعد تعوم تو؟ (m)

 قاعدة تعوم تو؟ (f)

 
“Are you two swimming right now?”

Entouma el zouz 9a3din t3oumou taw?

انتوما الزوز قاعدين تعومو تو؟

 
He is swimming.

9a3ed y3oum.

.قاعد يعوم

 
She is swimming.

9a3da t3oum.

.قاعدة تعوم

 
The kids are swimming.

El sghar 9a3din y3oumou.

.الصغار قاعدين يعومو

 
There are a lot of people in the water swimming today.

Fama barcha 3bed 9a3din y3oumou lyoum.

.فما برشا عباد قاعدين يعومو اليوم

 

In other Mediterranean languages and dialects

“Swimming” (present) (verb) in Lebanese Arabic

“Swimming” (verb) in Turkish
 

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