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LESSON 10
Personal Pronouns
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Lesson 10
Personal Pronouns
Personal Pronouns or الضمَائر (ad-ḍmā’ir) are words like ‘I’, ‘he’, ‘she’, ‘them’ or ‘it’ which replace names and nouns in a sentence.
The Arabic pronoun varies according to gender (male ♂️ and female ♀️ ), number (singular, dual and plural), and person (first, second and third).
Independent pronouns
| Plural | Dual | Singular | |
| هُم (they|3+) | هُمَا (they|2) | هُوَ (he) | Third Person (m) |
| هُنَّ (they|3+) | هُمَا (they|2) | هِيَ (she) | (f) |
| أَنتُم (you|3+) | أَنتُمَا (you) | أَنتَ (you) | Second Person (m) |
| أَنتُنَّ (you) | أَنتُمَا (you) | أَنتِ (you) | (f) |
| نَحنُ (We) | نَحنُ (We|dual) | أَنَا (I) | First Person (m & f) |
هُوَ ذَكِي
He is smart
هِي مَصرِيَّة
She is Egyptian
هُمَا في البَيت
They (2) are in the house
نَحنُ أصدِقَاء
We are friends
| أنَا مُعَلِّمَة | I am a teacher/f |
| أنَا مُعَلِّم | I am a teacher/m |
| نَحنُ مُعَلِّمَانِ | We are teachers/dual/m |
| نَحنُ مُعَلِّمَتَانِ | We are teachers/dual/f |
| نَحنُ مُعَلِّمُونَ | We are teachers/plural/m |
| نَحنُ مُعَلِّمَاتٌ | We are teachers/plural/f |
| هُوَ مُعَلِّمٌ | He is a teacher/m |
| هِيَ مُعَلِّمَةٌ | She is a teacher/f |
| هُمَا مُعَلِّمَانِ | They are teachers/dual/m |
| هُمَا مُعَلِّمَتَانِ | They are teachers/dual/f |
| هُنَّ مُعَلِّمَاتٌ | They are teachers/plural/f |
| هُم مُعَلِّمُونَ | They are teachers/plural/m |
| أنتَ مُعَلِّمٌ | You are a teacher/m |
| أَنتِ مُعَلِّمَةٌ | You are a teacher/f |
| أَنتُمَا مُعَلِّمانِ | You are teachers/dual/m |
| أَنتُمَا مُعَلِّمَتَانِ | You are teachers/dual/f |
| أَنتُنَّ مُعَلِّمَاتٌ | You are teachers/plural/f |
| أَنتُم مُعَلِّمُون | You are teachers/plural/m |
Quiz Time!
Let's test your knowledge.
Which of the following is used for the masculine plural?
A
هي
B
هما
C
هن
D
هم
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