Personal Pronouns (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).
الضمائر المنفصلة 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
More Examples
| ٌأنَا مُعَلِّمَة | Im a teacher/ f |
| ٌأنَا مُعَلِّم | Im 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 |
