“Understands” (third-person) in Tunisian Arabic

In Tunisian Arabic, “Understands” (the verb, in the third-person participle) is written using the Latin script as:

(m) Yefhem

(f) Tefhem

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

يفهم (m)

تفهم (f)

Listen to these two words pronounced (audio)

 

Examples in sentences or statements

 
“My father understands and can read Turkish but doesn’t speak it.”

Baba yefhem w ya9ra el lougha el Torkya ama maya7kich biha.

.بابا يفهم و يقرى اللغة التركية أما ما يحكيش بيها

 
“My dog understands a lot.”

(m) Kalbi yefhem barsha 7ajet.

(f) Kalbti tefhem barsha 7ajet.

.كلبي يفهم برشا حاجات (m)

.كلبتي تفهم برشا حاجات (f)

 
“That dog understands a lot of words.”

(m) El kalb heka yefhem barsha kelmet.

(f) El kalba heki tefhem barsha kelmet.

 .الكلب هاكا يفهم برشا كلمات (m)

.الكلبة هاكي تفهم برشا كلمات (f)

 
“My boyfriend understands me well.”

Sa7bi yefhemni belbehy.

.صاحبي يفهمني بالباهي

 
“My boyfriend doesn’t understand me.”

Sa7bi mayefhemnich.

.صاحبي ما يفهمنيش

 

In other Mediterranean languages and dialects

“Understands” (third-person) in Egyptian Arabic

“Understands” (third-person) in Greek

“Understands” (third-person) in Turkish