Arabic → English
تماماً in English
- Pronunciation
- tamāman
- Arabizi
tamaman- Type
- adverb
- Root
- ت م م
How to use it
Tamāman (تمامًا) is an adverb used to stress that something is total or absolute. It often follows adjectives or verbs, e.g., "tamāman sahīḥ" (completely correct).
Example sentences
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هَذَا الْكِتَابُ تَمَامًا مُمْتِعٌ
hādhā al-kitābu tamāman mumtiʿun
This book is completely enjoyable
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اَلْجَوُّ تَمَامًا صَافٍ
al-jawwu tamāman ṣāfin
The weather is completely clear
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قُلْتُ لَهُ إِنَّهُ تَمَامًا صَحِيحٌ
qultu lahu innahu tamāman ṣaḥīḥun
I told him it is completely correct
Examples from real texts
Sentences taken from published bilingual texts (subtitles, documents). They show the word in context and are not reviewed one by one.
تماماً!
Precisely!
ليس تماماً.
Not quite.
تماماً، عظيم.
OK, great.
تماماً كالبشر
Winter has arrived in Japan.
إنك محق تماماً.
You are absolutely right.
أنت محق تماماً!
You're completely right!
تماماً كمكدونلدز.
OK, just like McDonald's.
حسناً، ليس تماماً.
Well, not quite.
وكان متحمساً تماماً
And so he was all very excited.
الحزمة الوهمية تماماً:
Pure virtual packages:
المدينة مشلولة تماماً.
"This city is totally paralyzed.
إنجلترا خلفكم تماماً، كالعادة.
England is right behind you, as usual.
Questions and answers
Can tamāman be used with nouns?
No, it modifies adjectives, verbs, or whole clauses, not nouns directly.
Is there a short form without the final "ً"?
In informal writing you may see "tamām" but the fully vowelled form is "tamāman".
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