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Gulf Arabic
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Arabic كَانَ (kāna, “to be”).
Pronunciation
Adverb
چان • (čān)
- (past events only) hence, then, afterward, after that (+imperfect verb)
رحت المحاضرة متأخر چان الدكتورة تزفني- I went to the lecture late and hence the professor scolded me
- used to provide a suggestion pertaining to something that hapened in the past (+perfect verb), roughly: why didn't, could have (had), should have (had)
-شسويتي بالامتحان؟
-زفّت
-چان ييتي درستي معانا بالمكتبة- -What (how) did you do in the test?
-I screwed up
-Why didn't you come study with us in the library
Iraqi Arabic
Etymology
From Arabic كَانَ (kāna, “to be”).
Pronunciation
Adverb
چان (čān)
- (past events only) hence, then, afterward, after that (+imperfect verb)
- used to provide a suggestion pertaining to something that hapened in the past (+perfect verb), roughly: why didn't, could have (had), should have (had)
Verb
چان (čān) I (non-past يصير (yṣīr))
- to be
Khalaj
Noun
چان (çân) (definite accusative چانؽ, plural چانلار)
- Arabic spelling of çân (“a kind of threshing machine”)
Declension