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ʿinda + ending Conjugation

عِنْدَ + ending (ʿinda + ending) means "to to have" in Arabic. Simplest present: أنا (ana) عِنْدِي (ʿindī), أنتَ (anta) عِنْدَكَ (ʿindak), أنتِ (anti) عِنْدَكِ (ʿindik), هو (huwa) عِنْدَهُ (ʿinduh), هي (hiya) عِنْدَهَا (ʿindahā), نحن (naḥnu) عِنْدَنَا (ʿindanā). Below: all 3 tenses we teach, with examples.

Simplest present المضارع (al-muḍāri‘)

Add a prefix (a-, ta-, ya-, na-) and for 'you (f.)' and the plurals a suffix (-īn, -ūn) to the present stem -ktub. It covers 'I write', 'I am writing' and 'I write every day'; the final -u of formal Arabic is dropped in speech.

أنا (ana)عِنْدِي (ʿindī)
أنتَ (anta)عِنْدَكَ (ʿindak)
أنتِ (anti)عِنْدَكِ (ʿindik)
هو (huwa)عِنْدَهُ (ʿinduh)
هي (hiya)عِنْدَهَا (ʿindahā)
نحن (naḥnu)عِنْدَنَا (ʿindanā)
أنتم (antum)عِنْدَكُمْ (ʿindakum)
هم (hum)عِنْدَهُمْ (ʿindahum)

Simplest past الماضي (al-māḍī)

Add the suffix to the past stem katab-: -tu, -ta, -ti, -a, -at, -nā, -tum, -ū. It is used for any finished action, 'I wrote', 'I have written'; negate with مَا mā (مَا كَتَبْتُ mā katabtu = I didn't write).

أنا (ana)كَانَ عِنْدِي (kāna ʿindī)
أنتَ (anta)كَانَ عِنْدَكَ (kāna ʿindak)
أنتِ (anti)كَانَ عِنْدَكِ (kāna ʿindik)
هو (huwa)كَانَ عِنْدَهُ (kāna ʿinduh)
هي (hiya)كَانَ عِنْدَهَا (kāna ʿindahā)
نحن (naḥnu)كَانَ عِنْدَنَا (kāna ʿindanā)
أنتم (antum)كَانَ عِنْدَكُمْ (kāna ʿindakum)
هم (hum)كَانَ عِنْدَهُمْ (kāna ʿindahum)

Simplest future المستقبل (al-mustaqbal)

Put سَـ sa- (or the separate word سَوْفَ sawfa) in front of the present form: سَأَكْتُب sa-aktub = I will write. Negate with لَنْ lan + present (لَنْ أَكْتُب lan aktub). Spoken: حَـ ḥa- in Egypt, رَحْ raḥ in the Levant.

أنا (ana)سَيَكُونُ عِنْدِي (sa-yakūn ʿindī)
أنتَ (anta)سَيَكُونُ عِنْدَكَ (sa-yakūn ʿindak)
أنتِ (anti)سَيَكُونُ عِنْدَكِ (sa-yakūn ʿindik)
هو (huwa)سَيَكُونُ عِنْدَهُ (sa-yakūn ʿinduh)
هي (hiya)سَيَكُونُ عِنْدَهَا (sa-yakūn ʿindahā)
نحن (naḥnu)سَيَكُونُ عِنْدَنَا (sa-yakūn ʿindanā)
أنتم (antum)سَيَكُونُ عِنْدَكُمْ (sa-yakūn ʿindakum)
هم (hum)سَيَكُونُ عِنْدَهُمْ (sa-yakūn ʿindahum)

Examples

عِنْدِي حَجْز بِاسْم سْمِيث
ʿindī ḥajz bi-ism Smith
I have a booking in the name of Smith.
هَلْ عِنْدَكَ غُرْفَة فَارِغَة؟
hal ʿindak ghurfa fārigha?
Do you have a free room?

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