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أَنَّيَ as if I were in Arabic

أَنَّيَ is how you say “as if I were” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

فَإِنَّيَ إِنْ رَأَيْتُ شَيْئًا أَخَافُ عَلَيْكَ قُمْتُ كَأَنَّيَ أُرِيقُ الْمَاءَ،

Whenever I saw anything that made me fear for you, I would stand up as if I were pouring water,

كَأَنَّيَ as if I were

A 'as if' comparison particle fused with the attached 'I', opening a make-believe clause. It sets up a pretense — looking as though doing one thing while really doing another — with the speaker as its subject.

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