أنحن

Chadian Arabic

Etymology

Ultimately from Arabic نَحْنُ (naḥnu).

Pronunciation

  • (N'Djamena, Abéché) IPA(key): /ʔaniːna/
  • (Amm Timan) IPA(key): /ʔaniħna/

Pronoun

أنحن • (ʔanīna)

  1. we (first person plural)
    • 2019, الكتاب المقدس بالعربي الدارجي هنا تشاد [The Bible in Chadian Arabic]‎[1], N'Djamena: Alliance biblique du Tchad, 1 كُرُنْتُس [1 Corinthians] 15:30:
      وَ أَنِحْنَ كَمَانْ، مَالَا قَاعِدِينْ فِي الْخُطُورَةْ أَيِّ وَكِتْ؟
      wa ʔanīna kamān, māla gāʔidīn fi l-ḵutūra ʔayyi wakit?
      And we too, why are we in danger every time?

References

  • Heath, Judith; Mahadi, Mahamat Zene (2021), Lexique Arabe Tchadien-Français‎[2] (in French), 11th edition, N'Djamena, Chad: SIL Chad, page 16
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