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Root Verb

سكن

sakan

to live in

س ك ن

A regular Form I sound verb. Note the vowel elision in the 'she' and 'they' past forms (saknat, saknaw) which is typical of Gulf Arabic.

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Past Affirmative

أنا

I — "I lived in"

"to live in" in the other dialects