He was selfish.

The Arabic phrase He was selfish. is pronounced kaana 'anaaniyyan and written ﻛَﺎﻥَ ﺃَﻧَﺎﻧِﻴّﺎً

The Arabic words in He was selfish.

Below you can see detailed information about every word in the Arabic phrase He was selfish.. You can see the English translation of the word, how the word is spelled and pronounced and how the word has been conjugated in the phrase. There is also a link to get even more information about the word.

to be

ﻛَﺎﻥَ

Pronounciation: kaana

English translation: to be

Part of speech: verb

person: he

tense: past tense

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selfish

ﺃَﻧَﺎﻧِﻴّﺎً

Pronounciation: 'anaaniyyan

English translation: selfish

Part of speech: adjective

case: accusative

definiteness: indefinite form

gender: masculine

Accusative has many usages. Among others, it is used for the object in a verbal sentence. It is also used to express time an dplace. It is also used as predicative to incomplete verbs like kaana.

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Type of phrase: Complete sentence

A complete sentence. The sentence contains a verb, but there are also complete Arabic sentences without any verb.

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