“Knew” (knowledge) (past) in Tunisian Arabic

In Tunisian Arabic, “Knew” (the verb, as in the possession of knowledge, in the past tense) is written using the Latin script as:

(I) 3raft

(You) 3raft

(You, plural) 3raftou

(He) 3raf

(She) 3arfet

(We) 3rafna

(They) 3arfou

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

عرفت (I)

عرفت (You)

عرفتو (You, plural)

عرف (He)

عرفت (She)

عرفنا (We)

عرفو (They)

Listen to these words pronounced (audio)

 

Examples in sentences or statements

 
“I knew it!”

(m) 3raftou!

(f) 3raftha!

!عرفتو (m)

!عرفتها (f)

 
“I didn’t know what to say.”

Ma3raftech chen9oul.

.ماعرفتش شنقول

 
“How did you know?”

Kifah 3raft?

كيفاه عرفت؟

 
“Did you two know the answer to the third question?”

3raftou el ijeba 3a sou2el theleth?

عرفتو الإجابة عالسؤال الثالث؟

 
“He knew how to solve the riddle.”

3raf kifah y7el e loghz.

.عرف كيفاه يحل اللغز

 
“She knew how to fix the tap on her own.”

3arfet tsala7 e sabela wa7adha.

.عرفت تصلح السبالة وحدها

 
“We knew the solution to the math problem.”

3rafna 7al l problème mathématique.

.عرفنا حل لبروبلام ماتيماتيك

 
“They said they knew a shortcut to avoid traffic.”

9alou eli houma 3arfou 9assa 3arbi bech yebe3do 3a circulation.

.قالو إلي هوما عرفو قصة عربي باش يبعدو عالسيركولاسيون