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كان

[kaːn]

verb

LanguageHijazi Arabic (Saudi Arabia)

Meaning
  1. to be
  2. This is a verb used to express existence or a state of being in the past. It is often used to link a subject to a condition.
Examples

كان الولد في البيت

The boy was in the house.

Pronunciationkaːn

Part of speechverb

Usage noteUsed as the primary way to indicate past tense states.

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Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.