What does this" كا" mean in arabic? (prefix)
الحب كالحرب من السهل ان تشعلها و من الصعب ان تخمدها

someone translate this, and what is this "كا" in front of the fully word "كالحرب" i have seen it in other words as well and i have no idea what kind of prefix this is.

( in moroccan arabic they use "كا" as "it" i think.)

help plizz

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What does this" كا" mean in arabic? (prefix)
الحب كالحرب من السهل ان تشعلها و من الصعب ان تخمدها

someone translate this, and what is this "كا" in front of the fully word "كالحرب" i have seen it in other words as well and i have no idea what kind of prefix this is.

( in moroccan arabic they use "كا" as "it" i think.)

help plizz

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Here are some more examples:
صديقي كالأسد. شجاع جدا!
(my friend is like a lion. Really brave!)
هذه الإمرأة كأمي.
(this woman is like my mother)
هذه المدينة كنعيم
(this city is like heaven)

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Hi! كا means "like", so when you say الحب كالحرب you mean "love is like war

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Hello!
  "الحب كالحرب من السهل أن تشعلها و من الصعب أن تخمدها =love is like war easy to start and difficult to end"
in arabic if you want to compare something to something else you can use" كا"  or" يُشبِهُ"  or" مِثلَ".
=>الحب يشبه الحرب =الحب مثل الحرب
for example: "a good friend is like a mirror = الصَدِيقُ الجَيَّدُ كالمِرآةِ."
   -"كا"here means "is like"=>(love=الحب)+(is like=كا or يُشـبِهُ or مِثلُ) +(war=الحرب).
I hope it will help ^_^

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"Ka" in Standard Arabic is not the same in Moroccan Dialect

In MSA ( Modern Standard Arabic ) ka is like 'as' in English

كسرعة البرق
as the speed of lightening

But in Moroccan it represent something in the present

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