اذا ما فهمت الفكرة، المدير بيشرحها مرة تانية.

If you do not understand the idea, the manager explains it again.

Breakdown of اذا ما فهمت الفكرة، المدير بيشرحها مرة تانية.

• ال: the
• ما: not
• اذا: if
• فهم: to understand

Questions & Answers about اذا ما فهمت الفكرة، المدير بيشرحها مرة تانية.

What does إذا ما mean here?

إذا means if, and ما negates the verb after it.

So:

• إذا فهمت = if you understood / if you understand
• إذا ما فهمت = if you don’t understand

In Levantine, إذا ما is a very common way to say if not or if you don’t....

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Why is فهمت written like a past verb if the meaning is if you don’t understand?

That is a very common Arabic pattern.

In Levantine, after إذا, speakers often use the perfect/past-looking form to talk about a real condition in the present or future.

So even though فهمت looks like understood, the whole phrase:

• إذا ما فهمت الفكرة

naturally means:

• if you don’t understand the idea

This is normal and idiomatic, not a mistake.

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Who is the subject of فهمت? Is it I understood or you understood?