چان
Gulf Arabic edit
Alternative forms edit
- جان (jān /čān/)
Etymology edit
From Arabic كَانَ (kāna, “to be”).
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
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
- -What (how) did you do in the test?
Iraqi Arabic edit
Etymology edit
From Arabic كَانَ (kāna, “to be”).
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
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 edit
چان (čān) I (non-past يصير (yṣīr))
- to be
Khalaj edit
Noun edit
چان (çân) (definite accusative چانؽ, plural چانلار)