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Root Verb

كان عنده

kaan 3inda

to have

ع ن د

irregular

"To have" is عند (3ind) plus a pronoun; Baghdadi shortens it to 3id- for we/you all/they.

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Past Affirmative

أنا

I — "I had"

"to have" in the other dialects

Moroccan Darija

كان عندو

kan 3endu

Egyptian Arabic

كان عنْدُه

kan 3andu

Modern Standard Arabic

كَانَ لَدَيْهِ

kana ladayhi

Gulf Arabic

كان عنده

kaan 3inda

Levantine Arabic

كان عنده

kan 3indo

Saudi Arabic

كان عنده

kaan 3indu