3andou عندو
Tunisian Derja · verb
“3andou” (عندو) is a verb in Tunisian Derja meaning he has, he owns.
Meanings
- he has, he owns
- at his place
Usage
3andou is formed from the preposition 3and (at, with) and the suffix -ou (him). It expresses possession, like the verb "to have": 3andou karhba (he has a car). It takes suffixes: 3andi (I have), 3andek (you have), 3andha (she has), 3andhom (they have). Negation uses ma…ch: ma 3andouch (he doesn't have). In the past, ken is added: ken 3andou (he had). It is also used for age: 3andou 20 3am (he is twenty years old). It also keeps the sense of "at his place".
Example
عندو كرهبة جديدة
3andou karhba jdida
“He has a new car.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “3andou” but also “andou”, “3ando” and “3endou”. 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 “3andou” 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 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.