Intrusive Dative

Sometimes Tunisians like to insert pronomial dative (for me, for you, for us...) right after the verb and before the accusative object, provided the latter is NOT pronomial and that the verb is NOT transitive. The intrusive dative doesn't oftentimes add more significance to the original sentence, other than providing it with more flow and eloquency.

• Ħell el beeb ("Open the door")

-> Ħellli el beeb ("Open [for me] the door")

• Tmess yeddi? ("Can you sense my hand?")

-> Tmessli yeddi? ("Would you sense [for me] my hand?")

• Yeekel fi ftourek ("He's eating your lunch")

-> Yeekellek fi ftourek ("He's eating [for you] your lunch")

• Yaĝmel «Le» ("He was like «Nope»")

-> Yaĝmlelhom «Le» ("He was [for them] like «Nope»")

• Tşarji f ed donnee ("She's adding more mobile data")

-> Tşarjiilne f ed donnee ("She's adding [for us] more mobile data")

Refer to this paradigm:

It's similar to how in English we'd use "to have smth. done" by someone else.

• Wjaĝ yeddi: He hurt my hand

• Wjaĝli yeddi: He had me the hand hurt