“Thinks” (deliberate) (third-person) in Tunisian Arabic
In Tunisian Arabic, “Thinks” (the verb, in the context of deliberate thinking, in the third-person participle) is written using the Latin script as:
(m) Ykhamem
(f) Tkhamem
Using the Arabic script, it is written as:
يخمّم (m)
تخمّم (f)
Listen to these two words pronounced (audio)
Examples in sentences or statements
“My grandpa always sits in this chair and thinks.”
Jaddi dima yo93ed fi l korsi hedha w ykhamem.
.جدّي ديما يقعد في الكرسي هذا و يخمّم
“She thinks your idea is great!”
Heya tchouf eli fekrtek heyla!
!هي تشوف الّي فكرتك هايلة
“She thinks she wants to go to this university.”
Heya tkhamem ta9ra fi el fac hedhi.
.هي تخمّم تقرى في الفاك هاذي
“My father thinks you’re a good guy.”
Baba ykhamem eli enti tfol behi.
.بابا يخمّم الّي انتي طفل باهي
“The professor thinks Friday morning would be the best time to meet.”
(m) El prof ykhamem enou nhar el jem3a el sbe7 a7sen wa9t najmou net9ablou fih.
(f) El profa tkhamem enou nhar el jem3a el sbe7 a7sen wa9t najmou net9ablou fih.
.البروف يخمّم انو نهار الجمعة الصباح أحسن وقت انجّمو نتقابلو فيه (m)
.البروفة تخمّم انو نهار الجمعة الصباح أحسن وقت انجّمو نتقابلو فيه (f)
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