jien

Etymology
From with expressive lengthening of the first syllable (*ʾānā) as generally in Maghrebi dialects; compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. Eventually from. Prefixed j- occurs more often in Maltese (compare ); in this case perhaps generalised from a position after the personal suffixes, , as in. This construction is not very common anymore in Maltese, but it is throughout Arabic.

Pronoun

 * 1) I first-person singular subject pronoun

Usage notes

 * In a standalone context absent of a conjugated verb, this takes on the present tense first person singular meaning of "to be".