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LESSON 48The Verb “To Have”
Lesson objective
In this lesson, you will learn how to say that someone has something.
The verb “to have”
The Darija form is based on 3nd.
Conjugation
| English | Darija |
|---|---|
| I have | 3ndi |
| You have — singular | 3ndk |
| He has | 3ndu |
| She has | 3ndha |
| We have | 3ndna |
| You have — plural | 3ndkum |
| They have | 3ndhum |
Examples
Moha u Fatima 3ndhum juj bnat u wld. — Moha and Fatima have two daughters and a son.
3ndna ustad mzyan. — We have a good teacher.
Negation
To make the verb negative, use ma-…-š.
weš 3ndk ḍar f l-mġrib? — Do you have a house in Morocco?
lla, ma-3ndi-š. — No, I do not.
3ndi ḍar f mirikan. — I have a house in the United States.
Exercise: use the correct form of “3nd”
- xti ______ 24 3am.
- xuya ______ 2 wlad.
- нna ______ wld u tlata d l-bnat.
- huma ______ famila kbira.
- weš Mohamed ______ ṭomobil?
- lla, ______.