"كان" meaning in South Levantine Arabic

See كان in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /kaːn/, [kæːn] Audio: LL-Q55633582 (ajp)-Khalil.rantissi-كان.wav
Etymology: From Arabic كَانَ (kāna). Etymology templates: {{inh|ajp|ar|كَانَ}} Arabic كَانَ (kāna) Head templates: {{ajp-verb|I|ap=كاين|aptr=kāyen|pres=بكون|prestr=bikūn|tr=kān}} كان • (kān) I (present بكون (bikūn), active participle كاين (kāyen)) Inflection templates: {{ajp-conj|imp-2nd-p=كونو|imp-2nd-ptr=kūnu|imp-2nd-sf=كوني|imp-2nd-sftr=kūni|imp-2nd-sm=كون|imp-2nd-smtr=kūn|past-1st-p=كننا|past-1st-ptr=kunna|past-1st-s=كنت|past-1st-str=kunt|past-2nd-p=كنتو|past-2nd-ptr=kuntu|past-2nd-sf=كنتي|past-2nd-sftr=kunti|past-2nd-sm=كنت|past-2nd-smtr=kunt|past-3rd-p=كانو|past-3rd-ptr=kānu|past-3rd-sf=كانت|past-3rd-sftr=kānat|past-3rd-sm=كان|past-3rd-smtr=kān|pres-1st-p=منكون|pres-1st-ptr=minkūn|pres-1st-s=بكون|pres-1st-str=bakūn|pres-2nd-p=بتكونو|pres-2nd-ptr=bitkūnu|pres-2nd-sf=بتكوني|pres-2nd-sftr=bitkūni|pres-2nd-sm=بتكون|pres-2nd-smtr=bitkūn|pres-3rd-p=بيكونو|pres-3rd-ptr=bikūnu|pres-3rd-sf=بتكون|pres-3rd-sftr=bitkūn|pres-3rd-sm=بكون|pres-3rd-smtr=bikūn|subj-1st-p=نكون|subj-1st-ptr=nkūn|subj-1st-s=اكون|subj-1st-str=akūn|subj-2nd-p=تكونو|subj-2nd-ptr=tkūnu|subj-2nd-sf=تكوني|subj-2nd-sftr=tkūni|subj-2nd-sm=تكون|subj-2nd-smtr=tkūn|subj-3rd-p=يكونو|subj-3rd-ptr=ykūnu|subj-3rd-sf=تكون|subj-3rd-sftr=tkūn|subj-3rd-sm=يكون|subj-3rd-smtr=ykūn}} Forms: kān [romanization], بكون [present], كاين [active, participle], no-table-tags [table-tags], كنت [first-person, masculine, past, singular], كنت [masculine, past, second-person, singular], كان [masculine, past, singular, third-person], كننا [first-person, masculine, past, plural], كنتو [masculine, past, plural, second-person], كانو [masculine, past, plural, third-person], كنت [feminine, first-person, past, singular], كنتي [feminine, past, second-person, singular], كانت [feminine, past, singular, third-person], كننا [feminine, first-person, past, plural], كنتو [feminine, past, plural, second-person], كانو [feminine, past, plural, third-person], بكون [first-person, masculine, present, singular], بتكون [masculine, present, second-person, singular], بكون [masculine, present, singular, third-person], منكون [first-person, masculine, plural, present], بتكونو [masculine, plural, present, second-person], بيكونو [masculine, plural, present, third-person], بكون [feminine, first-person, present, singular], بتكوني [feminine, present, second-person, singular], بتكون [feminine, present, singular, third-person], منكون [feminine, first-person, plural, present], بتكونو [feminine, plural, present, second-person], بيكونو [feminine, plural, present, third-person], اكون [first-person, masculine, singular, subjunctive], تكون [masculine, second-person, singular, subjunctive], يكون [masculine, singular, subjunctive, third-person], نكون [first-person, masculine, plural, subjunctive], تكونو [masculine, plural, second-person, subjunctive], يكونو [masculine, plural, subjunctive, third-person], اكون [feminine, first-person, singular, subjunctive], تكوني [feminine, second-person, singular, subjunctive], تكون [feminine, singular, subjunctive, third-person], نكون [feminine, first-person, plural, subjunctive], تكونو [feminine, plural, second-person, subjunctive], يكونو [feminine, plural, subjunctive, third-person], كون [imperative, masculine, second-person, singular], كونو [imperative, masculine, plural, second-person], كوني [feminine, imperative, second-person, singular], كونو [feminine, imperative, plural, second-person]
  1. to be Synonyms: بقى
    Sense id: en-كان-ajp-verb-CvEgfuq9
  2. (auxiliary, by extension) (with subjunctive) continuous and habitual aspect marker Tags: auxiliary, broadly
    Sense id: en-كان-ajp-verb-RxdYnEI3 Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 15 15 1 1 1 3 20 18 1 11 2 11
  3. (auxiliary, by extension) (with past tense) perfect aspect marker Tags: auxiliary, broadly
    Sense id: en-كان-ajp-verb-boum1p4i
  4. (auxiliary) (optional; always in the past tense) sets up the main clause in a counterfactual conditional Tags: auxiliary
    Sense id: en-كان-ajp-verb-wKNoBnt6 Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 15 15 1 1 1 3 20 18 1 11 2 11

Inflected forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ajp",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "كَانَ"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic كَانَ (kāna)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Arabic كَانَ (kāna).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kān",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "بكون",
      "roman": "bikūn",
      "tags": [
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "كاين",
      "roman": "kāyen",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "participle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ajp-conj/DW",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "كنت",
      "roman": "kunt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "كنت",
      "roman": "kunt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "كان",
      "roman": "kān",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "كننا",
      "roman": "kunna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "كنتو",
      "roman": "kuntu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "كانو",
      "roman": "kānu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "كنت",
      "roman": "kunt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "كنتي",
      "roman": "kunti",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "كانت",
      "roman": "kānat",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "كننا",
      "roman": "kunna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "كنتو",
      "roman": "kuntu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "كانو",
      "roman": "kānu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "بكون",
      "roman": "bakūn",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "بتكون",
      "roman": "bitkūn",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "بكون",
      "roman": "bikūn",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "منكون",
      "roman": "minkūn",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "بتكونو",
      "roman": "bitkūnu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "بيكونو",
      "roman": "bikūnu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "بكون",
      "roman": "bakūn",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "بتكوني",
      "roman": "bitkūni",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "بتكون",
      "roman": "bitkūn",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "منكون",
      "roman": "minkūn",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "بتكونو",
      "roman": "bitkūnu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "بيكونو",
      "roman": "bikūnu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "اكون",
      "roman": "akūn",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "تكون",
      "roman": "tkūn",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "يكون",
      "roman": "ykūn",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "نكون",
      "roman": "nkūn",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "تكونو",
      "roman": "tkūnu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "يكونو",
      "roman": "ykūnu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "اكون",
      "roman": "akūn",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "تكوني",
      "roman": "tkūni",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "تكون",
      "roman": "tkūn",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "نكون",
      "roman": "nkūn",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "تكونو",
      "roman": "tkūnu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "يكونو",
      "roman": "ykūnu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "كون",
      "roman": "kūn",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "masculine",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "كونو",
      "roman": "kūnu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "كوني",
      "roman": "kūni",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "كونو",
      "roman": "kūnu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "I",
        "ap": "كاين",
        "aptr": "kāyen",
        "pres": "بكون",
        "prestr": "bikūn",
        "tr": "kān"
      },
      "expansion": "كان • (kān) I (present بكون (bikūn), active participle كاين (kāyen))",
      "name": "ajp-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "imp-2nd-p": "كونو",
        "imp-2nd-ptr": "kūnu",
        "imp-2nd-sf": "كوني",
        "imp-2nd-sftr": "kūni",
        "imp-2nd-sm": "كون",
        "imp-2nd-smtr": "kūn",
        "past-1st-p": "كننا",
        "past-1st-ptr": "kunna",
        "past-1st-s": "كنت",
        "past-1st-str": "kunt",
        "past-2nd-p": "كنتو",
        "past-2nd-ptr": "kuntu",
        "past-2nd-sf": "كنتي",
        "past-2nd-sftr": "kunti",
        "past-2nd-sm": "كنت",
        "past-2nd-smtr": "kunt",
        "past-3rd-p": "كانو",
        "past-3rd-ptr": "kānu",
        "past-3rd-sf": "كانت",
        "past-3rd-sftr": "kānat",
        "past-3rd-sm": "كان",
        "past-3rd-smtr": "kān",
        "pres-1st-p": "منكون",
        "pres-1st-ptr": "minkūn",
        "pres-1st-s": "بكون",
        "pres-1st-str": "bakūn",
        "pres-2nd-p": "بتكونو",
        "pres-2nd-ptr": "bitkūnu",
        "pres-2nd-sf": "بتكوني",
        "pres-2nd-sftr": "bitkūni",
        "pres-2nd-sm": "بتكون",
        "pres-2nd-smtr": "bitkūn",
        "pres-3rd-p": "بيكونو",
        "pres-3rd-ptr": "bikūnu",
        "pres-3rd-sf": "بتكون",
        "pres-3rd-sftr": "bitkūn",
        "pres-3rd-sm": "بكون",
        "pres-3rd-smtr": "bikūn",
        "subj-1st-p": "نكون",
        "subj-1st-ptr": "nkūn",
        "subj-1st-s": "اكون",
        "subj-1st-str": "akūn",
        "subj-2nd-p": "تكونو",
        "subj-2nd-ptr": "tkūnu",
        "subj-2nd-sf": "تكوني",
        "subj-2nd-sftr": "tkūni",
        "subj-2nd-sm": "تكون",
        "subj-2nd-smtr": "tkūn",
        "subj-3rd-p": "يكونو",
        "subj-3rd-ptr": "ykūnu",
        "subj-3rd-sf": "تكون",
        "subj-3rd-sftr": "tkūn",
        "subj-3rd-sm": "يكون",
        "subj-3rd-smtr": "ykūn"
      },
      "name": "ajp-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "South Levantine Arabic",
  "lang_code": "ajp",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The guys were in the house.",
          "roman": "iš-šabāb kānu fi l-bēt",
          "text": "الشباب كانو في البيت.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Where have you been?",
          "roman": "wēn kāyne?",
          "text": "وين كاينة؟",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "You should be understanding of his situation.",
          "roman": "lāzim tkūni fāhme ʕala waḍaʕo",
          "text": "لازم تكوني فاهمة على وضعه.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be"
      ],
      "id": "en-كان-ajp-verb-CvEgfuq9",
      "links": [
        [
          "be",
          "be"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "بقى"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "15 15 1 1 1 3 20 18 1 11 2 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "She will be speaking to the doctor.",
          "roman": "hiyye rāḥ tkūn tiḥki maʕ id-doktōr",
          "text": "هي رح تكون تحكي مع الدكتور.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "When I was young, I used to travel a lot with my parents.",
          "roman": "w-ana zġīr, kunt asāfer ktīr maʕ ahli",
          "text": "وانا زغير، كنت اسافر كتير مع اهلي.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "(with subjunctive) continuous and habitual aspect marker"
      ],
      "id": "en-كان-ajp-verb-RxdYnEI3",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(auxiliary, by extension) (with subjunctive) continuous and habitual aspect marker"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "auxiliary",
        "broadly"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "When you came, I had already finished. (literally, “When you came, I was I finished it.”)",
          "roman": "lamma jīt, kunt ḵallaṣt",
          "text": "لمّا جيت، كنت خلّصت.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Tomorrow you will have finished it. (literally, “Tomorrow, you will be you finished it.”)",
          "roman": "bukra bitkūn ḵallaṣto",
          "text": "بكرا بتكون خلّصته.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "(with past tense) perfect aspect marker"
      ],
      "id": "en-كان-ajp-verb-boum1p4i",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(auxiliary, by extension) (with past tense) perfect aspect marker"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "auxiliary",
        "broadly"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "15 15 1 1 1 3 20 18 1 11 2 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "لو سألتني، (كنت) قلتلّك. ― law saʔaltni, (kunt) ʔultillak ― If you had asked me, I would have told you.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "لو بتسألني، (كنت) بقلّك. ― law btisʔalni, (kunt) baʔullak ― If you were to ask me, I would tell you.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "(optional; always in the past tense) sets up the main clause in a counterfactual conditional"
      ],
      "id": "en-كان-ajp-verb-wKNoBnt6",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(auxiliary) (optional; always in the past tense) sets up the main clause in a counterfactual conditional"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "auxiliary"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kaːn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kæːn]"
    },
    {
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    "South Levantine Arabic entries with incorrect language header",
    "South Levantine Arabic form-I verbs",
    "South Levantine Arabic lemmas",
    "South Levantine Arabic terms derived from Arabic",
    "South Levantine Arabic terms inherited from Arabic",
    "South Levantine Arabic terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "South Levantine Arabic verbs"
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  "etymology_text": "From Arabic كَانَ (kāna).",
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      "tags": [
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      "form": "بكون",
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        "present"
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      "form": "كنت",
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        "masculine",
        "past",
        "singular"
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      "roman": "kunt",
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        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
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      "form": "كان",
      "roman": "kān",
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        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "كننا",
      "roman": "kunna",
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        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "كنتو",
      "roman": "kuntu",
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        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "كانو",
      "roman": "kānu",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "masculine",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "كنت",
      "roman": "kunt",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "كنتي",
      "roman": "kunti",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "feminine",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "كانت",
      "roman": "kānat",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "feminine",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "كننا",
      "roman": "kunna",
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        "first-person",
        "past",
        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "كنتو",
      "roman": "kuntu",
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        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
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    {
      "form": "كانو",
      "roman": "kānu",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "feminine",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "بكون",
      "roman": "bakūn",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "بتكون",
      "roman": "bitkūn",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "masculine",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "بكون",
      "roman": "bikūn",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "masculine",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "منكون",
      "roman": "minkūn",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "بتكونو",
      "roman": "bitkūnu",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "بيكونو",
      "roman": "bikūnu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "بكون",
      "roman": "bakūn",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "بتكوني",
      "roman": "bitkūni",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "بتكون",
      "roman": "bitkūn",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "feminine",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "منكون",
      "roman": "minkūn",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "بتكونو",
      "roman": "bitkūnu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "بيكونو",
      "roman": "bikūnu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "اكون",
      "roman": "akūn",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "تكون",
      "roman": "tkūn",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "يكون",
      "roman": "ykūn",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "نكون",
      "roman": "nkūn",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "تكونو",
      "roman": "tkūnu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "يكونو",
      "roman": "ykūnu",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
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    },
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      "form": "اكون",
      "roman": "akūn",
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        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "تكوني",
      "roman": "tkūni",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "تكون",
      "roman": "tkūn",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "نكون",
      "roman": "nkūn",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "تكونو",
      "roman": "tkūnu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "يكونو",
      "roman": "ykūnu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "كون",
      "roman": "kūn",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "masculine",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "كونو",
      "roman": "kūnu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "كوني",
      "roman": "kūni",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "كونو",
      "roman": "kūnu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "I",
        "ap": "كاين",
        "aptr": "kāyen",
        "pres": "بكون",
        "prestr": "bikūn",
        "tr": "kān"
      },
      "expansion": "كان • (kān) I (present بكون (bikūn), active participle كاين (kāyen))",
      "name": "ajp-verb"
    }
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    {
      "args": {
        "imp-2nd-p": "كونو",
        "imp-2nd-ptr": "kūnu",
        "imp-2nd-sf": "كوني",
        "imp-2nd-sftr": "kūni",
        "imp-2nd-sm": "كون",
        "imp-2nd-smtr": "kūn",
        "past-1st-p": "كننا",
        "past-1st-ptr": "kunna",
        "past-1st-s": "كنت",
        "past-1st-str": "kunt",
        "past-2nd-p": "كنتو",
        "past-2nd-ptr": "kuntu",
        "past-2nd-sf": "كنتي",
        "past-2nd-sftr": "kunti",
        "past-2nd-sm": "كنت",
        "past-2nd-smtr": "kunt",
        "past-3rd-p": "كانو",
        "past-3rd-ptr": "kānu",
        "past-3rd-sf": "كانت",
        "past-3rd-sftr": "kānat",
        "past-3rd-sm": "كان",
        "past-3rd-smtr": "kān",
        "pres-1st-p": "منكون",
        "pres-1st-ptr": "minkūn",
        "pres-1st-s": "بكون",
        "pres-1st-str": "bakūn",
        "pres-2nd-p": "بتكونو",
        "pres-2nd-ptr": "bitkūnu",
        "pres-2nd-sf": "بتكوني",
        "pres-2nd-sftr": "bitkūni",
        "pres-2nd-sm": "بتكون",
        "pres-2nd-smtr": "bitkūn",
        "pres-3rd-p": "بيكونو",
        "pres-3rd-ptr": "bikūnu",
        "pres-3rd-sf": "بتكون",
        "pres-3rd-sftr": "bitkūn",
        "pres-3rd-sm": "بكون",
        "pres-3rd-smtr": "bikūn",
        "subj-1st-p": "نكون",
        "subj-1st-ptr": "nkūn",
        "subj-1st-s": "اكون",
        "subj-1st-str": "akūn",
        "subj-2nd-p": "تكونو",
        "subj-2nd-ptr": "tkūnu",
        "subj-2nd-sf": "تكوني",
        "subj-2nd-sftr": "tkūni",
        "subj-2nd-sm": "تكون",
        "subj-2nd-smtr": "tkūn",
        "subj-3rd-p": "يكونو",
        "subj-3rd-ptr": "ykūnu",
        "subj-3rd-sf": "تكون",
        "subj-3rd-sftr": "tkūn",
        "subj-3rd-sm": "يكون",
        "subj-3rd-smtr": "ykūn"
      },
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "South Levantine Arabic",
  "lang_code": "ajp",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "South Levantine Arabic terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The guys were in the house.",
          "roman": "iš-šabāb kānu fi l-bēt",
          "text": "الشباب كانو في البيت.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Where have you been?",
          "roman": "wēn kāyne?",
          "text": "وين كاينة؟",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "You should be understanding of his situation.",
          "roman": "lāzim tkūni fāhme ʕala waḍaʕo",
          "text": "لازم تكوني فاهمة على وضعه.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "be",
          "be"
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      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "بقى"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "South Levantine Arabic auxiliary verbs",
        "South Levantine Arabic terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "She will be speaking to the doctor.",
          "roman": "hiyye rāḥ tkūn tiḥki maʕ id-doktōr",
          "text": "هي رح تكون تحكي مع الدكتور.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "When I was young, I used to travel a lot with my parents.",
          "roman": "w-ana zġīr, kunt asāfer ktīr maʕ ahli",
          "text": "وانا زغير، كنت اسافر كتير مع اهلي.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "(with subjunctive) continuous and habitual aspect marker"
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(auxiliary, by extension) (with subjunctive) continuous and habitual aspect marker"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "auxiliary",
        "broadly"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "South Levantine Arabic auxiliary verbs",
        "South Levantine Arabic terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "When you came, I had already finished. (literally, “When you came, I was I finished it.”)",
          "roman": "lamma jīt, kunt ḵallaṣt",
          "text": "لمّا جيت، كنت خلّصت.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Tomorrow you will have finished it. (literally, “Tomorrow, you will be you finished it.”)",
          "roman": "bukra bitkūn ḵallaṣto",
          "text": "بكرا بتكون خلّصته.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "(with past tense) perfect aspect marker"
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(auxiliary, by extension) (with past tense) perfect aspect marker"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "auxiliary",
        "broadly"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "South Levantine Arabic auxiliary verbs",
        "South Levantine Arabic terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "لو سألتني، (كنت) قلتلّك. ― law saʔaltni, (kunt) ʔultillak ― If you had asked me, I would have told you.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "لو بتسألني، (كنت) بقلّك. ― law btisʔalni, (kunt) baʔullak ― If you were to ask me, I would tell you.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "(optional; always in the past tense) sets up the main clause in a counterfactual conditional"
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(auxiliary) (optional; always in the past tense) sets up the main clause in a counterfactual conditional"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "auxiliary"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kaːn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kæːn]"
    },
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  ],
  "word": "كان"
}

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