Levantine Arabic: words and expressions where both ـي and ـني are possible

WannaBFluent

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I was wondering what were the words and expressions who accept both first person pronoun suffixes ـي and ـني.
I'm already aware of :

يا giving يايي and ياني (yaa-yi and yaa-ni),
في giving فيي and فيني (fiy-yi and fii-ni),
ما عدا giving ما عدايي and ما عداني (ma 3adaa-yi and ma 3adaa-ni).

Do you know other ones ?
 
  • I think there are important inter-Levantine differences here.

    In Palestinian Arabic, I've only ever heard and used:

    ايّاني (with an "n")*
    فيّ (no "n")
    ما عداي (no "n")**

    I'm familiar with فيني from Syrian Arabic, but I've never encountered (ا)يّاي*** or ما عداني.

    *In my experience, the "i" is not elided in Palestinian Arabic.
    **Pronounced maʕadāy, not maʕadāyi. I would also expect (i)yyāy, not (i)yyāyi.
    ***Of course, إيّاي is the MSA form. I'm only talking about Levantine Arabic here.
     
    يا giving يايي and ياني (yaa-yi and yaa-ni),
    I’m a little confused about this.
    If you mean يا as in حرف النداء, then I’ve never encountered it with a ي in any dialect, let alone ني.
    If you mean إياي as in ضمير النصب المنفصل (first person singular of إياه), then it’s إيّا not يا.
    or ما عداني.
    This one is used in Iraqi Arabic quite commonly, so - and I’m just guessing here - perhaps it’s used in the eastern parts of Syria.

    but I've never encountered (ا)يّاي
    Perhaps he’s confusing إياي with ياء المخاطبة because sometimes if it comes after a فتحة the فتحة is pronounced like an alif, for example معي is sometimes pronounced معاي.

    Other than this, I can’t think of any other case where I would not pronounce it with a نون.
     
    I’m a little confused about this.
    If you mean يا as in حرف النداء, then I’ve never encountered it with a ي in any dialect, let alone ني.
    If you mean إياي as in ضمير النصب المنفصل (first person singular of إياه), then it’s إيّا not يا.
    I meant the disjunctive pronoun stem.

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