fehem فاهم
Tunisian Derja · adjective
“fehem” (فاهم) is an adjective in Tunisian Derja meaning who understands.
Meanings
- who understands
- smart, knowledgeable
Usage
The word fehem is the participle of the verb "to understand". It is used as an adjective or as a verb in the present: ena fehem ("I understand"), fehem? ("did you understand?"). It becomes fehma in the feminine and fehmin in the plural. In the negative, one says mech fehem or mekech fehem ("you don't understand"). It also describes an intelligent or competent person: rajel fehem. Note that fehem rou7ou ("he thinks he's clever") is pejorative and describes someone pretentious.
Example
إنت فاهم شنوة نحكي عليه؟
enti fehem chnowa n7ki 3lih?
“Do you understand what I'm talking about?”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “fehem” but also “fahem”, “fehim”, “fehm” and “fahim”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.