3ando عندو
Algerian Darja · expression
“3ando” (عندو) is an expression in Algerian Darja meaning he has, he owns.
Meanings
- he has, he owns
- it has been (duration)
Usage
3ando is formed from the preposition 3and (at) and the pronoun -o (him). It translates the verb "to have", which does not exist as a verb in Darja. It is conjugated through the pronouns: 3andi (I have), 3andek (you have), 3andha (she has), 3andhom (they have). The negation is ma 3andouch (he doesn't have). Followed by a length of time, 3ando means "it has been... since": 3ando 3am ma jach (it has been a year since he came). In the past, one says kan 3ando (he had).
Example
عندو طوموبيل جديدة
3ando tomobil jdida
“He has a new car.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “3ando” but also “3andou”, “andou”, “3ndo” and “3andu”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 3 is ayn (ع), a voiced sound from deep in the throat with no English equivalent.
Type “3ando” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “he has, he owns”; “at his place, with him”: 3ndo in Moroccan.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “he has, he owns”; “at his place”: 3andou in Tunisian.