Introduction   The following particles are called Kaana and its sisters  – كَانَ وَ أَخَوَاتُهَا: كَانَ – to was صَارَ – to become أَصْبَحَ –  to become, to enter/do in the morning مَا زَالَ – increasingly, continuously أَضْحَى – to enter the dawn لَيْسَ – not بَاتَ – to become, to pass the night أَمْسَ