Usages of كأن
الرياح شديدة كأن عاصفة قادمة.ar-riyâhu shadîdatun ka'anna 'âsifatan qâdimah
The winds are severe as if a storm is coming.
السماء مظلمة كأن الرياح عاصفة.assamâ'u muzlimatun ka'anna arriyâha 'âsifatun.
The sky is dark as if the winds are a storm.
المطر غزير كأنه بحر.al-mataru ghazeerun ka'annahu bahrun
The rain is heavy as if it is a sea.
صوته جميل كأنه فنان مشهور.sawtuhu jamîlun ka'annahu fannânun mash-hûrun
His voice is beautiful as if he is a famous artist.
سمعت همسا مريبا، كأن شبحا هنا.sami'tu hamsan murîban, ka'anna shabahan hunâ.
I heard a suspicious whisper, as if a ghost is here.
كأن الوجود ظاهرة غريبة.ka'anna l-wujûda zhâhiratun gharîba
It is as if existence is a strange phenomenon.
كأن هذا المبدأ موضوعي تماما.ka'anna hâdhâ al-mabda'a mawdoo'iyyun tamâman
It is as if this principle is completely objective.
تتحدث الأستاذة كأن المنطق جوهر الحياة.tatahaddathu al-ustâdhatu ka'anna al-mantiqa jawharu al-hayâti.
The professor speaks as if logic is the essence of life.
لا أرى الطريق، كأن الضباب جدار.lâ arâ at-tarîqa, ka'anna ad-dabâba jidârun
I don't see the road, as if the fog were a wall.
تقرأ عائشة النوتة بتركيز كأنها في امتحان.taqra'u â'ishatu n-nûtata bitarkîzin ka'annahâ fî imtihânin.
Aisha reads the musical note with concentration as if she were in an exam.
كأن المطعم الباهر ديكوره قصر.ka'anna al-mat'ama al-bâhira dîkûruhu qasrun
It is as if the restaurant whose decor is dazzling is a palace.
كأن الوجبة الشهية تحفة.ka'anna al-wajbata ash-shahiyyata tuhfatun
It is as if the appetizing meal is a masterpiece.
أوتبدو حتمية هذا التشوه كأنها وهم؟awa tabdū hatmiyyatu hâdhâ t-tashawwuhi ka'annahâ wahmun?
And does the inevitability of this distortion seem as if it is an illusion?
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