Once upon a time ...
The Arabic phrase Once upon a time ... is pronounced kaana yaa maa kaana... fii qadiimi alzamaani and written ﻛَﺎﻥَ ﻳَﺎ ﻣَﺎ ﻛَﺎﻥَ... ﻓِﻲ ﻗَﺪِﻳﻢِ ﺍَﻟﺰَﻣَﺎﻥِ
The Arabic words in Once upon a time ...
Below you can see detailed information about every word in the Arabic phrase Once upon a time .... 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
O
ﻳَﺎ
Pronounciation: yaa
English translation: O
Part of speech: interjection
not
ﻣَﺎ
Pronounciation: maa
English translation: not
Part of speech: mixed
to be
ﻛَﺎﻥَ
Pronounciation: kaana
English translation: to be
Part of speech: verb
person: he
tense: past tense
in
ﻓِﻲ
Pronounciation: fii
English translation: in
Part of speech: preposition
A word that follows a preposition has genitive caseRead more
old
ﻗَﺪِﻳﻢِ
Pronounciation: qadiimi
English translation (of the word in its basic form): old
Part of speech: adjective
The word has genitive case since it follows a prepositionRead more
The base form of the word old
ﻗَﺪِﻳﻢ
qadiim
(singular, indefinite, no case)
time
ﺍَﻟﺰَﻣَﺎﻥِ
Pronounciation: alzamaani
English translation (of the word in its basic form): time
Part of speech: noun
The word has genitive case since it is the owner of an an idafa contruction
The base form of the word time
ﺯَﻣَﺎﻥ
zamaan
(singular, indefinite, no case)
Type of phrase: Complete sentence
A complete sentence. The sentence contains a verb, but there are also complete Arabic sentences without any verb.