3end عند

Moroccan Darija · preposition

“3end” (عند) is a preposition in Moroccan Darija meaning at, with (someone's place).

Meanings

1. at, with (someone's place)
2. to have (with suffix pronoun)
3. from, on behalf of (men 3nd)

Usage

3nd is a very common preposition. Before a person's name, it corresponds to "at the place of" or "to see": sir 3nd tbib, go to the doctor. With a suffix pronoun, it expresses possession, where English uses the verb "to have": 3ndi, I have; 3ndek, you have; ma 3ndich, I don't have. Preceded by men, it means "from" or "on behalf of": men 3nd rebbi, from God, that is, willed by fate. It is not used for a place without a person: one says f ddar, not 3nd ddar.

Example

How to write it in Latin letters

In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “3end” but also “3nd”, “3and”, “3ind” and “and”. 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 “3end” on the Arabic keyboard

In Algerian Darja

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “at (someone's place), with”; “to have (with suffix pronoun)”: 3and in Algerian.

In Tunisian Derja

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “to have (with suffixed pronoun)”; “at someone's place”: 3andi in Tunisian.