Arabic/1stPersonSing

أنا (ana) Although the spelling of أنا ('ana) indicates a long ا (aa) sound. It is always pronounced ('ana), The use of (anaa) has a special usage (particularly found in the reciting of sacred religious texts (i.e. the Quran). So just say ('a-na). That's the Arabic word for "I". "I" and أنا are the singular, first person, nominative pronoun. أنا ولد 'ana walad(un) 'a-na-wa-lad I am a boy.(I'm a boy) أنا ولد والكتاب كبير 'ana waladun wa_al_kitaabu kabiir(un) 'a-na-wa-la-dun-wal-ki-taa-bu-ka-biir I am a boy and the book is big. أنا بنت والكتاب كبير جدا 'ana bintun wa_al_kitaabu kabiirun jiddan 'a-na-bin-tun-wal-ki-taa-bu-ka-bii-run-jid-dan I'm a girl and the book is very big. أنا من كندا 'ana min kanada 'a-na-min-ka-na-da I'm from Canada. أنا من لبنان 'ana min lubnaan 'a-na-min-lub-naan I'm from Lebanon. أنا ولد من العاصمة 'ana waladun min al-`aaSimah(-ti) 'a-na-wa-la-dun-mi-nal-`aa-Si-mah I am a boy from the capital. أنا ذهبت إلى الـمدرسة 'ana dhahabtu ila al_madrasah(-ti) 'a-na-dha-hab-tu-i-lal-mad-ra-sah I went to school.