Arabic vocabulary
كنتwere
How to say “were” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
Example sentences
وَلَو كنت عُذْري الصبابة لم تكن بطينا وأنساك الْهوى كَثْرَة الْأكل
And if you were excused in passionate longing, you would not have been gluttonous, and love would have made you forget excessive eating.
كُنْتَ — you were. A 'to be' verb with the '-ta' (you) ending — 'had you been'. The condition's state.
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