Overview of personal pronouns
Overview of personal pronouns
Personal pronouns are linguistic elements such as “I,” “he,” “she,” “they,” or “it” employed to substitute nouns within a sentence.
Arabic pronouns exhibit variations based on gender (male and female), number (singular, dual, plural), and person (first, second, third).
Independent Pronouns:
Let's commence with singular personal pronouns (I, he, she, you):
The Arabic pronoun varies according to gender (male and female ), number (singular, dual, plural), and person (first, second, third).
Independent
pronouns:
We'll
start with the singular personal pronouns (I, he, she, you,):
|
I |
أنا (ana) |
|
He |
هو (huwa) |
|
She |
هي (hiya) |
|
You (for female) |
أنتِ (anti) |
|
You (for male) |
أنتَ (anta) |
Let's take some examples to make the idea more clear:
|
I speak English |
أَنَا أَتَكَلَّمُ
الإِنْكِلِيزِيَّة ana atakallamo al’iinklizya |
|
He speaks Arabic |
هُوَ يَتَكَلَّمُ
العَرَبِيَّة huwa yatakallamo al’arabiya |
|
She speaks Arabic |
هي تَتَكَلَّمُ
العَرَبِيَّة hiya tatakallamo al’arabiya |
|
You (for
female) speak Arabic |
أنتِ تَتَكَلَّمِينَ
العَرَبِيَّة anti tatakallamina
al’arabiya |
|
You (for male)
speak Arabic |
أنتَ تَتَكَلَّمُ
العَرَبِيَّة anta tatakallamo al’arabiya |
Now it is time to learn the personal pronouns of the
dual and plural, and we will practice them with some examples to be more clear:
We (Dual/
Plural), You (Dual/ Plural), They (Dual/ Plural):
|
We |
نحنُ nahnu |
|
You |
أنتُما antuma |
This personal pronoun is used only in the dual case, for both the masculine and the feminine.
|
You (dual) are happy |
أنتُما سعيدان antuma saeedan |
Add (ان) to make noun/ adjective dual
from:
|
One pen |
قلمٌ qalamun |
|
Two pens |
قلمانِ qalamaane |
|
You (plural) (for male) |
أنتُم antum |
|
You (plural) (for female) |
أنتُنَّ ِantuna |
|
You are teachers (for male) |
أنتُم معلمون antum mu’allimun |
|
You are teachers (for female) |
أنتُنَّ معلمات antuna mu’allimaat |
This personal pronoun is used only in the dual case,
for both the masculine and the feminine:
|
They (dual) |
هُما Huma |
|
They are Arabs (dual, for male) |
هما عربيَّان huma arabiyaan |
|
They are Arabs (dual, for female) |
هما عربيتَّان huma arabiyataan |
|
They are teachers (plural,
for male) |
هم معلمون hum mu’allimun |
|
They are teachers (plural,
for female) |
هنَّ معلمات hunn mu’allimaat |
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