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Root Verb

كَانَ

kana

to be

ك و ن

hollow

Hollow verb: kuntu, I was; yakunu, he is (or will be).

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Past Affirmative

أنا

I — "I was"

"to be" in the other dialects

Moroccan Darija

كان

kan

Egyptian Arabic

كان

kan

Levantine Arabic

كان

kan