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

In Lebanese Arabic, “Whispers” (the verb, in the third-person participle) is written using the Latin script as:

(m) Biwashwish

(f) Betwashwish

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

بوشويش (m)

بتوشويش (f)

Listen to these two words pronounced (audio)


 

Examples in sentences or statements

 
“He whispers a lot when he’s in the library.”

Biwashwish ktir lama lahao.

.بوشويش كتير لما لحالو

 
“She whispers a lot when she’s in class.”

Betwashwish ktir lama betkoun bel saf.

.بتوشويش كتير لما بتكون بلصاف

 
“He whispers a lot to his friend so that others won’t hear him.”

Biwashwish ktir la sahbo kermel 2al be2e mayisma3ou.

.بيوشويش كتير لاساحبو كرمال ألبيقي مايسماعو

 
“My sister whispers to my other sister when she doesn’t want me to hear what’s said.”

2ekhte betwashwish la 2ekhtel tene la ma mabada 2esma3 shou 2alit.

.أختي بتوشويش كتير لأختيل تاني لما أسماع شو أليت

 
“He whispers to his brother when he doesn’t want his mother to see him.”

Biwashwish la khayo lama ma bado 2emo tesma3o.

.بيوشويش لاخيو لاما ما بدو أمو تسماعو

 

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