fhem فهم
Tunisian Derja · verb
“fhem” (فهم) is a verb in Tunisian Derja meaning to understand, grasp.
Meanings
- to understand, grasp
- to realize
- understanding (noun)
Usage
Fhem is the usual verb for "to understand", in all registers. It is conjugated fhemt (I understood), nefhem (I understand), tefhem (you understand). Fhemt? is used to check that you have been understood, and mafhemtech means "I didn't understand". It also means "to realize": ki nfhamha means "when I make her understand". The form fahm, often pronounced fehm, is the noun: "understanding", as in sou' fahm, "misunderstanding", which belongs to a more formal register. To "make someone understand" or "explain", use fahhem, with the second consonant doubled.
Example
اااا فهمت كلّ شي
aaaaa fhimt kol cha
“Ah, I understood everything.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “fhem” but also “fhim”, “fhmt”, “fehm” and “fahm”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “fhem” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “understand, grasp the meaning”; “realize, perceive”: fhem in Moroccan.
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “to understand, grasp the meaning”; “to realize, to get it”: fhem in Algerian.