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EGYPTIAN ARABIC VERB

فَهِّم

to make someone understand

  • #172 most used
  • Regular verb

Conjugation

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Present

المُضَارِع · now and habits: the b- forms (بَكْتِب)

Form Affirmative Negative
أَنَاI make someone understand
إِنْتَyou make someone understand (to a man)
إِنْتِyou make someone understand (to a woman)
هُوَّhe makes someone understand
هِيَّshe makes someone understand
إِحْنَاwe make someone understand
إِنْتُوyou all make someone understand
هُمَّthey make someone understand

Past

المَاضِي · finished actions (كَتَبْت, كَتَب)

Form Affirmative Negative
أَنَاI made someone understand
إِنْتَyou made someone understand (to a man)
إِنْتِyou made someone understand (to a woman)
هُوَّhe made someone understand
هِيَّshe made someone understand
إِحْنَاwe made someone understand
إِنْتُوyou all made someone understand
هُمَّthey made someone understand

Future

المُسْتَقْبَل · plans: the ha- forms (هَاكْتِب)

Form Affirmative Negative
أَنَاI will make someone understand
إِنْتَyou will make someone understand (to a man)
إِنْتِyou will make someone understand (to a woman)
هُوَّhe will make someone understand
هِيَّshe will make someone understand
إِحْنَاwe will make someone understand
إِنْتُوyou all will make someone understand
هُمَّthey will make someone understand

After want, must and can

المُضَارِع المُجَرَّد · the bare present (عَايِز أَكْتِب, لاَزِم تِكْتِب)

Form Affirmative Negative
أَنَا(that) I make someone understand
إِنْتَ(that) you make someone understand (to a man)
إِنْتِ(that) you make someone understand (to a woman)
هُوَّ(that) he makes someone understand
هِيَّ(that) she makes someone understand
إِحْنَا(that) we make someone understand
إِنْتُو(that) you all make someone understand
هُمَّ(that) they make someone understand

Commands

الأَمْر · to a man, a woman and several people, and don’t

Form Affirmative Negative
إِنْتَmake someone understand! (to a man)
إِنْتِmake someone understand! (to a woman)
إِنْتُوmake someone understand! (to several people)

How to use فَهِّم

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present

    مَدَام نَادْيَة بِتْفَهِّم الطَّلَبَة بِالرَّاحَة.

    Madame Nadia makes the students understand calmly.

  2. Past

    كَرِيم فَهِّمْنِي الطَّرِيق لِلمِتْرُو.

    Karim made me understand the way to the metro.

  3. Future

    هَافَهِّمَك كُلّ حَاجَة بَعْد الأَكْل.

    I'll make you understand everything after the meal.

  4. After want, must and can

    مُمْكِن تِفَهِّمْنِي الكِلْمَة دِي?

    Can you make me understand this word?

  5. Commands

    فَهِّم تِيتَة إِنّ الدُّكْتُور جَايّ بُكْرَة.

    Make Grandma understand that the doctor is coming tomorrow.

Good to know

  • You say فَهِّم to the person and then the thing: فَهِّمْنِي الكَلاَم دَه, make me understand this, is how you ask for an explanation.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: regular verb.