EGYPTIAN ARABIC VERB
to understand
Tap any form to hear it. The part that changes is in colour.
المُضَارِع · now and habits: the b- forms (بَكْتِب)
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| أَنَاI understand | ||
| إِنْتَyou understand (to a man) | ||
| إِنْتِyou understand (to a woman) | ||
| هُوَّhe understands | ||
| هِيَّshe understands | ||
| إِحْنَاwe understand | ||
| إِنْتُوyou all understand | ||
| هُمَّthey understand |
المَاضِي · finished actions (كَتَبْت, كَتَب)
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| أَنَاI understood | ||
| إِنْتَyou understood (to a man) | ||
| إِنْتِyou understood (to a woman) | ||
| هُوَّhe understood | ||
| هِيَّshe understood | ||
| إِحْنَاwe understood | ||
| إِنْتُوyou all understood | ||
| هُمَّthey understood |
المُسْتَقْبَل · plans: the ha- forms (هَاكْتِب)
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| أَنَاI will understand | ||
| إِنْتَyou will understand (to a man) | ||
| إِنْتِyou will understand (to a woman) | ||
| هُوَّhe will understand | ||
| هِيَّshe will understand | ||
| إِحْنَاwe will understand | ||
| إِنْتُوyou all will understand | ||
| هُمَّthey will understand |
المُضَارِع المُجَرَّد · the bare present (عَايِز أَكْتِب, لاَزِم تِكْتِب)
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| أَنَا(that) I understand | ||
| إِنْتَ(that) you understand (to a man) | ||
| إِنْتِ(that) you understand (to a woman) | ||
| هُوَّ(that) he understands | ||
| هِيَّ(that) she understands | ||
| إِحْنَا(that) we understand | ||
| إِنْتُو(that) you all understand | ||
| هُمَّ(that) they understand |
الأَمْر · to a man, a woman and several people, and don’t
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| إِنْتَunderstand! (to a man) | ||
| إِنْتِunderstand! (to a woman) | ||
| إِنْتُوunderstand! (to several people) |
One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.
أَنَا بَفْهَم عَرَبِي شُوَيَّة.
I understand a little Arabic.
فِهِمْت كُلّ حَاجَة, شُكْراً.
I understood everything, thank you.
هَتِفْهَم كُلّ حَاجَة بَعْد شَهْر.
You'll understand everything after a month.
عَايْزَة أَفْهَم الكِلْمَة دِي.
I want to understand this word.
اِفْهَمْنِي كْوَيِّس, يَا كَرِيم.
Understand me well, Karim.
The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.
Beginner Level 1 · فَاهِم عَرَبِي? · أَيْوَه, أَنَا فَاهِم. · لأ, مِش فَاهِم.
Intermediate Level 1 · لَمَّا كَلْت أَوِّل بَلَحَة, فِهِمْت رَمَضَان.
Intermediate Level 2 · أَخِيراً حَدّ فَاهِمْنِي.
Fluency Level 2 · فِهِم! القِرْد فِي عِين أُمُّه غَزَال.
The same pattern, on other verbs: regular verb.