Lesson 13 · عِنْدِي
Having things: I have, you have
Arabic has no verb “to have”. Instead you say “at me is…”: عِنْدِي كِتَابٌ (ʿindii kitaabun) means “I have a book”. Add the endings you learned in Lesson 8 to عِنْدَ (ʿinda, at) to change the person.
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Examples
عِنْدِي كِتَابٌ جَدِيدٌʿindii kitaabun jadiidunI have a new book.
هَلْ عِنْدَكَ سَيَّارَةٌ؟hal ʿindaka sayyaaratun?Do you have a car? (to a man)
نَعَمْ، عِنْدِي سَيَّارَةٌnaʿam, ʿindii sayyaaratunYes, I have a car.
عِنْدَهُ أَخٌ وَأُخْتٌʿindahuu akhun wa-ukhtunHe has a brother and a sister.
عِنْدَهَا اجْتِمَاعٌ الْيَوْمَʿindahaa ijtimaaʿun al-yawmaShe has a meeting today.
عِنْدَنَا ضُيُوفٌʿindanaa ḍuyuufunWe have guests.
مَعِي قَلَمٌ، تَفَضَّلْmaʿii qalamun, tafaḍḍalI have a pen on me. Here you are.
لَيْسَ عِنْدِي وَقْتٌlaysa ʿindii waqtunI don’t have time.
Key points
- عِنْدِي I have · عِنْدَكَ you have (man) · عِنْدَكِ you have (woman) · عِنْدَهُ he has · عِنْدَهَا she has · عِنْدَنَا we have
- Use مَعِي (maʿii, with me) for something you are carrying right now: مَعِي قَلَمٌ (I have a pen on me).
- Ask with هَلْ: هَلْ عِنْدَكَ سَيَّارَةٌ؟ (Do you have a car?). Say “I don’t have” with لَيْسَ: لَيْسَ عِنْدِي سَيَّارَةٌ. The next lesson explains لَيْسَ.
Practice
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Say “I have a question.” Question is سُؤَالٌ.
عِنْدِي سُؤَالٌ ʿindii su’aalun
Ask a woman “Do you have a car?”
هَلْ عِنْدَكِ سَيَّارَةٌ؟ hal ʿindaki sayyaaratun?
Say “We have a big house.”
عِنْدَنَا بَيْتٌ كَبِيرٌ ʿindanaa baytun kabiirun