anar
Catalan
Etymology
Possibly from Vulgar Latin *amnāre (“to walk, to go”), variant form of *amlāre, from Latin ambulāre, present active infinitive of ambulō (“I travel, walk”). However, amblar also existed in Old Occitan (compare Catalan and Occitan amblar). Compare also French aller. Alternatively, anar may derive from Vulgar Latin *and(i)tāre (“to go (around)”), from *ambitāre, frequentative of Latin ambiō, ambire. Compare Occitan anar, Spanish andar, Italian andare), or perhaps adnāre. The forms beginning with v- are from vadō.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /əˈna/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /aˈnaɾ/
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Verb
anar (first-person singular present vaig, past participle anat)
- to go
- (auxiliary verb, taking an infinitive) Used to form the periphrastic preterite; see usage notes below for more information.
- Ahir vaig parlar amb ma germana.
- Yesterday, I spoke with my sister.
Usage notes
The second set of conjugations are used along with the infinitive of another verb in order to form the "periphrastic past" (passat perifràstic), an analytical construction equivalent in terms of tense and aspect to the simple preterite. For example, vaig cantar bears the same meaning as cantí ('I sang').
The indicative forms of the auxiliary, except for the third-person singular, may be reinforced with -re-, but, in the standard language, only when the corresponding normal first-conjugation simple preterite endings have it. For example, the standard language permits vares cantar for use instead of vas cantar but not *vàreig cantar instead of vaig cantar; compare the typical second-person singular ending -ares with its first-person singular equivalent -í. The subjunctive forms are literary and only sporadically occur, and so rather than the periphrastic past subjunctive, it is typical for the imperfect subjunctive to be used (therefore cantés rather than vagi cantar, for example), despite the demand for the perfective aspect.
Conjugation
| infinitive | anar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | anant | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | anat | anada | |||||
| plural | anats | anades | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
| present | vaig | vas | va | anem | aneu | van | |
| imperfect | anava | anaves | anava | anàvem | anàveu | anaven | |
| future | aniré | aniràs | anirà | anirem | anireu | aniran | |
| preterite | aní | anares | anà | anàrem | anàreu | anaren | |
| conditional | aniria | aniries | aniria | aniríem | aniríeu | anirien | |
| subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
| present | vagi | vagis | vagi | anem | aneu | vagin | |
| imperfect | anés | anessis | anés | anéssim | anéssiu | anessin | |
| imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós | vostès | |
| — | vés | vagi | anem | aneu | vagin | ||
| person | singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |
| indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès |
| vaig | vas vares | va | vam vàrem | vau vàreu | van varen | |
| subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès |
| vagi | vagis | vagi | vàgim | vàgiu | vagin | |
| person | singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |
| indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès |
| vaig | vas vares | va | vam vàrem | vau vàreu | van varen | |
| subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès |
| vaja | vages | vaja | vàgem | vàgeu | vagen | |
Derived terms
- anada
- anar a mal borràs
- anar a parar
- anar-se'n
Further reading
- “anar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “anar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “anar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “anar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- Gramàtica de la llengua catalana.
French
Pronunciation
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Adjective
anar (plural anars)
- anarchist
Kott
Alternative forms
- ānar
Etymology
From Proto-Yeniseian *ʔan- "haunch". Compare Arin an and Pumpokol aniŋ "legs".
Noun
anar
- haunch
Occitan
Alternative forms
- vader
Etymology
From an Old Occitan verb (compare Catalan anar), possibly from a Vulgar Latin *and(it)āre, from *ambitāre, frequentative of Latin ambiō, ambīre (compare Spanish andar, Italian andare), or perhaps adnāre. Alternatively from a Vulgar Latin *amnāre < *amlāre, from Latin ambulāre, present active infinitive of ambulō (however, Old Occitan had a separate word amblar, whence Catalan and Occitan amblar). Compare also French aller. The forms beginning with v- are from vadō.
Pronunciation
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Verb
anar
- to go
Conjugation
Lengadocian (Central Occitan)| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | anar | aver anat | |||||
| gerund | anant | use gerund of aver + past participle | |||||
| past participle | anat | — | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
| present | vau | vas | va | anèm | anètz | van | |
| imperfect | anavi | anavas | anava | anàvem | anàvetz | anavan | |
| preterite | anèri | anères | anèt | anèrem | anèretz | anèron | |
| future | anarai | anaràs | anarà | anarem | anaretz | anaràn | |
| conditional | anariái | anariás | anariá | anariam | anariatz | anarián | |
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| compound tenses | present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles | |
| present | ane | anes | ane | anem | anetz | anen | |
| imperfect | anèssi | anèsses | anèsse | anèssem | anèssetz | anèsson | |
| compound tenses | past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — | |
| vai | anem | anatz | 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects | ||||
Swedish
Verb
anar
- present tense of ana.
Anagrams
- -arna
Tetum
Etymology
If from *aran, then from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qajeŋ. Compare Javanese areng.
Noun
anar
- fresh coal