“We” are interrupted You might have noticed that in the Algerian language, to conjugate a verb in the first person singular (in the present-future), you prefix it with noon : n ften , n ro7 , n 'bghi . This noon is also found in the conjugation of the first person plural verb (in the present-future), with the addition of the plural marker waw : n b'dl o , n tlaqa w , n 7ebb o . noon is part of what makes "us" and "I". “We”, in Algerian, is grammatically built on part of the identity of "I". “We” is a continuation of “I” grammatically speaking. "I" s are linked by their plurality, the waw plural marker says as much. "We" is a plurality ( waw ) based on singularities ( noon ). In Algerian, “we” is a group of individuals ( I ) linked by their singular state ( noon ). "We" is a group tied by their individualities - their differences, not by their similarities. waw is also used elsewhere in gra...
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