Verb details

Word:	understandunderstand
Meaning:	fihimfihim	فـِهـِم

Perfect

for actions that happened in the past

English	Egyptian
I understood	'ana fihimtaacnaa fihimt	أنا َ فـِهـِمت
We understood	'ihna fihimnaiicHnaa fihimnaa	إحنا َ فـِهـِمنا
You(m) understood	'inta fihimtiicnta fihimt	إنت َ فـِهـِمت
You(f) understood	'inti fihimtiiicnti fihimty	إنت ِ فـِهـِمتي
You(pl) understood	'intu fihimtuiicntoo fihimtoo	إنتوا فـِهـِمتوا
He/it(m) understood	huwa fihimhuwa fihim	هـُو َ فـِهـِم
She/it(f) understood	hiya fihmithiya fihmit	هـِي َ فـِهمـِت
They understood	humma fihmuhumma fihmoo	هـُمّ َ فـِهموا

used with modals (must, should, could, want to...

English	Egyptian
I might understand	'ana yimkin 'afhamaacnaa yimkin aacfham	أنا َ يـِمكـِن أفهـَم
We might understand	'ihna yimkin nifhamiicHnaa yimkin nifham	إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِفهـَم
You(m) might understand	'inta yimkin tifhamiicnta yimkin tifham	إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِفهـَم
You(f) might understand	'inti yimkin tifhamiiicnti yimkin tifhamy	إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِفهـَمي
You(pl) might understand	'intu yimkin tifhamuiicntoo yimkin tifhamoo	إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِفهـَموا
He/it(m) might understand	huwa yimkin yifhamhuwa yimkin yifham	هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِفهـَم
She/it(f) might understand	hiya yimkin tifhamhiya yimkin tifham	هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِفهـَم
They might understand	humma yimkin yifhamuhumma yimkin yifhamoo	هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِفهـَموا

for actions happening now and habitual actions

English	Egyptian
I understand	'ana bafhamaacnaa bafham	أنا َ بـَفهـَم
We understand	'ihna binifhamiicHnaa binifham	إحنا َ بـِنـِفهـَم
You(m) understand	'inta bitifhamiicnta bitifham	إنت َ بـِتـِفهـَم
You(f) understand	'inti bitifhamiiicnti bitifhamy	إنت ِ بـِتـِفهـَمي
You(pl) understand	'intu bitifhamuiicntoo bitifhamoo	إنتوا بـِتـِفهـَموا
He/it(m) understands	huwa biyifhamhuwa biyifham	هـُو َ بـِيـِفهـَم
She/it(f) understands	hiya bitifhamhiya bitifham	هـِي َ بـِتـِفهـَم
They understand	humma biyifhamuhumma biyifhamoo	هـُمّ َ بـِيـِفهـَموا

for actions that will happen in the future

English	Egyptian
I will understand	'ana hafhamaacnaa hafham	أنا َ هـَفهـَم
We will understand	'ihna hanifhamiicHnaa hanifham	إحنا َ هـَنـِفهـَم
You(m) will understand	'inta hatifhamiicnta hatifham	إنت َ هـَتـِفهـَم
You(f) will understand	'inti hatifhamiiicnti hatifhamy	إنت ِ هـَتـِفهـَمي
You(pl) will understand	'intu hatifhamuiicntoo hatifhamoo	إنتوا هـَتـِفهـَموا
He/it(m) will understand	huwa hayifhamhuwa hayifham	هـُو َ هـَيـِفهـَم
She/it(f) will understand	hiya hatifhamhiya hatifham	هـِي َ هـَتـِفهـَم
They will understand	humma hayifhamuhumma hayifhamoo	هـُمّ َ هـَيـِفهـَموا

telling somebody to do something

for some actions happening now (movement, thinking, sense)

English	Egyptian
I(m) am understanding	'ana faehimaacnaa faehim	أنا َ فا َهـِم
I(f) am understanding	'ana faehimaaacnaa faehimaö	أنا َ فا َهـِمـَة
We are understanding	'ihna faehimeeniicHnaa faehimyn	إحنا َ فا َهـِمين
You(m) are understanding	'inta faehimiicnta faehim	إنت َ فا َهـِم
You(f) are understanding	'inti faehimaiicnti faehimaö	إنت ِ فا َهـِمـَة
You(pl) are understanding	'intu faehimeeniicntoo faehimyn	إنتوا فا َهـِمين
He/it(m) is understanding	huwa faehimhuwa faehim	هـُو َ فا َهـِم
She/it(f) is understanding	hiya faehimahiya faehimaö	هـِي َ فا َهـِمـَة
They are understanding	humma faehimeenhumma faehimyn	هـُمّ َ فا َهـِمين

when something has been acted upon

English	Egyptian
He/it(m) is understood	huwa mafhoomhuwa mafhwm	هـُو َ مـَفهوم
She/it(f) is understood	hiya mafhoomahiya mafhwmaö	هـِي َ مـَفهومـَة
They are understood	humma mafhoomeenhumma mafhwmyn	هـُمّ َ مـَفهومين