ana أنا

Moroccan Darija · pronoun

“ana” (أنا) is a pronoun in Moroccan Darija meaning I, me.

Meanings

1. I, me

Usage

Ana is the first-person singular personal pronoun, used for both masculine and feminine. It corresponds to both English "I" and "me". Since the verb already carries the person marking, ana is mainly used for emphasis or contrast: ana mkhlass, "I paid". On its own it forms nominal sentences, with no verb "to be": ana f dar, "I am at home". It also appears in short replies (ana!, "me!") or in wach ana?, "is it me?".

Example

How to write it in Latin letters

In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “ana” but also “anaa”, “anna” and “ina”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.

Type “ana” on the Arabic keyboard

In Algerian Darja

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “I, me”: ana in Algerian.

In Tunisian Derja

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “I, me (subject pronoun)”: ena in Tunisian.