واضح، فهمت
“واضح، فهمت” (ваадих, фахамту) — clear, understood in Arabic. Phrase, level A2. Waadih, "clear", is of the same clarity root as "clarifies". Fahamtu — understood — past about the instant, not present. In a live sentence: “واضح، فهمت، سأعمل هكذا” — Clear, understood; I will do it this way. Written with the characters و, ا, ض, ح, ف, ه, م, ت. A word from the everyday Arabic course, level A2.
In short
| Written in Arabic | واضح، فهمت |
| Read in Latin letters | ваадих, фахамту |
| Translation | clear, understood |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | A2 |
Why it looks that way
Waadih, "clear", is of the same clarity root as "clarifies". Fahamtu — understood — past about the instant, not present
A word with a story stays in memory longer than one learned as a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.
In a live sentence
A single word almost never appears alone in conversation. A sentence shows where it fits and what stands next to it.
- واضح، فهمت، سأعمل هكذاваадих, фахамту, са-аʿмаль хаказаClear, understood; I will do it this way
How not to forget this word
Reading a word and remembering it are different jobs. A day later, little survives of a single reading — and that is not bad memory, that is how memory works.
- This has been tested on foreign words too. The difference shows up most when you test yourself a few days later rather than straight away.checked many timesKim & Webb, 2022, Language Learning 72(2) · 48 experiments, 3,411 participants, 98 comparisons.
- Recalling beats re-reading. Covering the translation and trying to remember it does more than reading it ten more times.checked many timesAdesope, Trevisan & Sundararajan, 2017, Review of Educational Research 87(3) · 188 experiments, 272 comparisons. g = 0.61; against plain re-reading 0.51, against passive review 0.93.
- An answer you worked out yourself sticks better than one handed to you.checked many timesBertsch et al., 2007, Memory & Cognition 35(2) · 86 studies, 445 comparisons, d = 0.40.
Frequently asked
How do you say “clear, understood” in Arabic?
«واضح، فهمت», read “ваадих, фахамту”. In a live sentence: “واضح، فهمت، سأعمل هكذا” — Clear, understood; I will do it this way. Phrase, level A2; written with the characters و, ا, ض, ح, ف, ه, م, ت.
How is “واضح، فهمت” written in Latin letters?
ваадих, фахамту. This is a practical spelling — you need it to read aloud and be understood, not to meet an academic standard.
Why does this word look the way it does?
Waadih, "clear", is of the same clarity root as "clarifies". Fahamtu — understood — past about the instant, not present. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.