How to Form the Past Continuous and Past Perfect in Levantine Syrian Arabic: Kan, Part 3

Stuck on forming past sentences in Levantine Arabic?
Ever wonder how to say you WERE DOING something or HAD DONE something in Levantine Arabic? In this lesson - my 3rd lesson on using the word 'kan' in the past - I go over all these things, together with lots of examples!
In Arabic we use the word كان (kan), which means "to be," to form these sentences. We don't generally use the verb 'to be' in the present, but we do need it to express the past.
Here's what we go over together in this lesson:
- Forming and using the Past Continuous ('I was going').
- Forming and using the Past Perfect ('I had gone').
- Lots of real-life examples to help you use these tenses like a native speaker! ️
- Pronunciation tips: Sound like a pro with these handy hints!
- As always, I try to make those tricky parts simple!
This lesson connects to our last two videos about كان (kan).
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[@abda9393]

أهلاً.. I'm taking your lectures and they've been very useful for me thanks . I have a request to add more videos of tenses like Present, and Future too. I'll be very grateful to you thanks in advance.

[@LearnArabicwithManar]

يا مية هلا 👋🏽 I'm so glad to hear that you find my lectures useful. Thank you for your feedback! I'll definitely add more videos on tenses like Present and Future soon. Stay tuned, and thanks for your support!🥰

[@karlhaddad2561]

A beautifully professional and sophisticated lesson. Very well done. I have enjoyed this whole series so far. Thank you.

[@LearnArabicwithManar]

You're very welcome! karl 😊 keefak?

[@pro369]

Great job

[@LearnArabicwithManar]

Shukran kteer 🥰

[@margaritastrode4752]

❤

[@LearnArabicwithManar]

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[@ivornworrell]

الله يسلمك لهد الفيديو المفيد و المهم يا معلّمة منار

[@LearnArabicwithManar]

بيسعدني انه كان مفيد ل الك 😊

[@starnejme6902]

Excellent lesson.

[@LearnArabicwithManar]

Thanks! 😃 Did you learn something new?

[@desidesigning]

Outstanding 🎉

[@LearnArabicwithManar]

Shukran 🥰

[@luq57111]

هالدرس ممتاز. شكراً كتير منار

[@LearnArabicwithManar]

شكرا، بيسعدني انو عجبك 😊 اتعلمت شي جديد من هاد الدرس؟

[@laylaa2454]

merhaba manar! thank you for your videos! i am syrian, but i dont know arabic fluently so they help! could you make videos with essential shami vocabularies if you havent already? shukran jzeela! ❤

[@LearnArabicwithManar]

Ya hala 👋🏼 I'm happy to have you here always feel free to leave comments when you have any questions or just to say hi 🥰 I do have many essential and basic phrases good to playlist so on my channel and check there, if there are still phrases you don't find, please leave me a comment I will try to make video. 😊

[@MisterVinnyV]

مرحبا يا استاذة - ان شاء الله انتي بخير. عندي سؤال: كيف أقول، I was going to… (let’s say study). Would that be, “كنت رح ادرس" شكرا عمساعدتك!

[@hamzaabbaszaidi8788]

Thanks for the great video! I have one small question - What if I wanted to say "I had been..."? For example, "I had been sitting down for two hours when the boarding gate opened." I believe this is called the past perfect continuous but I cannot find any information about how to form it in Levantine Arabic.

[@LearnArabicwithManar]

Ya hala 👋🏼 to form that you need كان صرلي + or active participle present continuous كان صرلي ساعتين قاعد كان صرلي ساعتين عم استنى

[@NM-gn7xj]

Hi. Manar. And again this video helped ALOT. but i am confused with the active and passive participle can i also say كنتي خلصتي وظايفك instead of كنتي خالصة وظايفك and can i use the active or passive participle in present tense? thank you :)

[@LearnArabicwithManar]

salamat👋🏽 كنتي خلصتي وظايفك👉🏽 You could have finished your homework. (but you didn't.) In some verbs, we use the active participle or passive participle instead of the verb to express events that are happening now. For example, if I'm going somewhere I won't use the present continuous, I'll use the active participle. رايحة على الشغل I'm going to work.

[@mikhailabunidal9146]

شفتك من قبل ، شلونك يا معلمتنا منار؟ كلو تمام بالبيت؟ إنشالله العيلة منيحة و نفس لإلك كمان

[@LearnArabicwithManar]

؟كله تمام 👍🏽انت كيفك شو اخبارك

[@mikhailabunidal9146]

@@LearnArabicwithManar اها! انتي حزرتيه. 😀

[@mdomarfaruk367]

Madam,assalamu alaikum I found pronunciation difference between saudi arabic & your native arabic As like saudi people say abal but saudi people say gabal also they say ash hada

[@LearnArabicwithManar]

Ahlan 👋🏼 there are some differences between levantine Arabic and saudi

[@sonisenjaya8499]

Madam,Am I right to say بدي اسألك?

[@LearnArabicwithManar]

that's right👍🏽

[@sozen9285]

Is there a usage like, "shu kint matsawee ......" with same meaning " shu kint 3am tsawee?

[@LearnArabicwithManar]

yes they are the same, just different accent Did you learn anything new from this lesson?😊

[@sozen9285]

@@LearnArabicwithManar thanks a lot for the lectures

[@LearnArabicwithManar]

@@sozen9285 tekram 😊

[@haroonalajnabi5876]

What's the difference between خلصتي ؟وظايفك قبل ما تنامي كنت خالصة وظايفك قبل ما تنامي ؟

[@LearnArabicwithManar]

Ya hala 👋🏼 the only difference is how do we form the sentence but the meaning is the same. 😊

[@haroonalajnabi5876]

@@LearnArabicwithManar شكرا ع التوضيح

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يا هلا تكرم@@haroonalajnabi5876

[@freevpnemailfree4738]

How do i change netmashsha to singular?

[@MisterVinnyV]

I walk = itmashsha (أتمشّى)