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Alternatively, you may also say ` anaa maghribii (ann-aa magh-ree-bee; I am Moroccan) (M).

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If you're the caller, you may say ` anaa (an-nah; I am) followed by your name.

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For example, you may say ` anaa ` al'abu kurat as-salla (I am playing basketball) or hiya la'abat kurat al-miDrab (She played tennis).

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Words to Know laHdha ` anaa ` aasif ` anaa ` aasifa lah-zah ah-nah ah-seef ah-nah ah-see-fah one moment I am sorry (M) I am sorry (F)

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Let's go to the theater at 6: 00 then. ` anaa muwaafiq. ah-nah moo-wah-feek.

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Part I: Getting Started Fun & Games Match the personal pronouns on the left column with their Arabic equivalents on the right. you (MS) we they (FP) you (FS) he I The answers are in Appendix C. huwa ` anta ` anaa naHnu ` anti hunna Chapter 3

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I'm in the Ahmed dorms. ` anaa fii binaayat faySal. ah-nah fee bee-nah-yat fay-sal.

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This means that when you conjugate the verb yaf'alu using the personal pronoun ` anaa, you say ` anaa ` af'alu and not ` anaa ` af'ulu.

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And we went on a guided tour around the museum that lasted a half hour. ` anaa ` uriidu ` an ` adhhab al-'aan!

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To say "I am from ...," you use the preposition min (from) and the personal pronoun ` anaa (I/me).

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