“Do you understand?” in Tunisian Arabic

In Tunisian Arabic, “Do you understand?” is written using the Latin script as:

Tefhem fiya?

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

تفهم فيا؟

 

(Editor’s note: The questions Fhemtni? (فهمتني) and 9a3ed tefhem fiya? (قاعد تفهم فيا) are also cognate with Do you understand?, and are also common expressions in Tunisian Arabic.)

 

Listen to this question pronounced (audio)


 

In other Mediterranean languages and dialects

“Do you understand?” in Egyptian Arabic

“Do you understand?” in Lebanese Arabic

“Do you understand?” in Turkish
 

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