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we in Arabic

نَحْنُ naḥnu

/wiː//wi/

we in Arabic: نَحْنُ (naḥnu), احنا (ʔíḥna), نحنا (niḥna), إحنا (ʔíḥna). In English, we means excluding the person(s) being addressed. (This is the exclusive we.).

Arabic words for we

generic we (the speaker and at least one other person, regardless of whether it's the person being addressed)
نَحْنُ naḥnu, احنا ʔíḥna, نحنا niḥna, إحنا ʔíḥna
the royal we (referring to the sovereign alone acting in their capacity as monarch)
نحن

English meaning of we

  1. pronoun Excluding the person(s) being addressed. (This is the exclusive we.).
  2. pronoun Including the person(s) being addressed. (This is the inclusive we.).
  3. pronoun The institution which the speaker/writer is acting for. (This is the editorial we, used by writers and others when speaking with the authority of their publication or organisation.).
  4. pronoun Any other entity that the speaker is a part of or identifies with, such as place of employment or education, nation, region, language, etc.

Full definition of we

we in a sentence

  • We are here to arrest you.
  • We need to have a talk, you and me.
  • We will in due course state our reasons for publishing the name of the accused.

we in other languages

Questions about we in Arabic

What is the meaning of we in Arabic?
We in Arabic is نَحْنُ (naḥnu), احنا (ʔíḥna), نحنا (niḥna), إحنا (ʔíḥna).
ما معنى كلمة we؟
We: نَحْنُ (naḥnu), احنا (ʔíḥna), نحنا (niḥna), إحنا (ʔíḥna).
What does we mean in English?
We means excluding the person(s) being addressed. (This is the exclusive we.).

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Adapted from Wiktionary: we (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Arabic words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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