3ndo عندو
Moroccan Darija · verb
“3ndo” (عندو) is a verb in Moroccan Darija meaning he has, he owns.
Meanings
- he has, he owns
- at his place, with him
Usage
3ndo is the preposition 3nd followed by the third-person masculine pronoun: literally "at his place", it works in practice like the verb "to have". The feminine is 3ndha, the plural 3ndhom. The negative is formed with ma…ch: ma 3ndoch, he does not have. In the past, kan is added: kan 3ndo, he had. A pitfall for an English speaker: since it is not a true verb, it is not conjugated; only the final pronoun changes. It also keeps its locative meaning: ana 3ndo, I am at his place.
Example
عندو شعر كحل
3ndo ch3er K7el
“He has black hair.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “3ndo” but also “3endo”, “3ando”, “3endou” and “3ndou”. 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 “3ndo” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “he has, he owns”; “it has been (duration)”: 3ando in Algerian.
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.