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Root Verb

كان

kaan

to be

ك و ن

hollow

Past kaan, present bakoon (I 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

Modern Standard Arabic

كَانَ

kana

Iraqi Arabic

كان

kaan

Gulf Arabic

كان

kaan

Levantine Arabic

كان

kan