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EGYPTIAN ARABIC VERB

اِتْفَاهِم

to understand each other, to come to an understanding

  • #479 most used
  • Regular verb

Conjugation

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Present

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

Form Affirmative Negative
أَنَاI understand each other
إِنْتَyou understand each other (to a man)
إِنْتِyou understand each other (to a woman)
هُوَّhe understands each other
هِيَّshe understands each other
إِحْنَاwe understand each other
إِنْتُوyou all understand each other
هُمَّthey understand each other

Past

المَاضِي · finished actions (كَتَبْت, كَتَب)

Form Affirmative Negative
أَنَاI understood each other
إِنْتَyou understood each other (to a man)
إِنْتِyou understood each other (to a woman)
هُوَّhe understood each other
هِيَّshe understood each other
إِحْنَاwe understood each other
إِنْتُوyou all understood each other
هُمَّthey understood each other

Future

المُسْتَقْبَل · plans: the ha- forms (هَاكْتِب)

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

After want, must and can

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

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

Commands

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

Form Affirmative Negative
إِنْتَunderstand each other! (to a man)
إِنْتِunderstand each other! (to a woman)
إِنْتُوunderstand each other! (to several people)

How to use اِتْفَاهِم

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

  1. Present

    أَنَا وِسَلْمَى بِنِتْفَاهِم بِالإِنْجِلِيزِي وِالعَرَبِي.

    Salma and I understand each other in English and Arabic.

  2. Past

    اِتْفَاهِمْنَا مَعَ صَاحِب البِيت عَلَى الإِيجَار.

    We came to an understanding with the landlord about the rent.

  3. Future

    هَنِتْفَاهِم مَعَ المُقَاوِل عَلَى السِّعْر بُكْرَة.

    We'll come to an understanding with the contractor about the price tomorrow.

  4. After want, must and can

    لاَزِم نِتْفَاهِم قَبْل مَا نِقَرَّر.

    We have to understand each other before we decide.

  5. Commands

    اِتْفَاهِمُوا مَعَ بَعْض وِبَلاَش خِنَاق.

    Come to an understanding with each other, and no fighting.

Good to know

  • اِتْفَاهِم مَعَ is to come to an understanding with someone; اِتْفَاهِمْنَا? at the end of a talk asks "are we agreed?".

Where you hear اِتْفَاهِم

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

Egyptian Arabic · Advanced Level 3

  • أَنَا وِمُونَا بِنِتْفَاهِم مِن غِير كَلَام. Mona and I understand each other without words.
  • اِتْفَاهِمْت مَعَ أَبُوك بِالإِيد وِالعِين. I came to an understanding with your father by hand and eye.
  • هَنِتْفَاهِم مَعَ المَالِك عَلَى الإِيجَار. We'll come to an understanding with the landlord about the rent.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: regular verb.