Arabic vocabulary
How to say “understand” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
وهكذا يُفهَمُ تنظيمُ العلمِ، ومنعُ الاعتداءِ، وصيانةُ الأموالِ والعقودِ، وتوفيرُ أسبابِ التعارفِ والرحمةِ بين الناس؛
Thus, the organization of knowledge, prevention of aggression, safeguarding of wealth and contracts, and provision of means for acquaintance and compassion among people is understood;
يُفْهَمُ — is understood. A passive verb, 'is understood / made sense of,' doer unnamed. Its subject is the long list of action-nouns that follows; all are understood through this lens. Note it stays singular though the listed subjects are many — verb-first agreement.
From: Five Objectives of Islamic Law →OpenArabic teaches words like فُهِمَ through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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