Language/Standard-arabic/Grammar/Subject-pronouns

This lesson will discuss the pronouns

The Arabic language has pronouns for males and females as following:-

• I :- is pronounced as " Ana" it's equal for male and female. it's written as أنا
• You:- is pronounced as "Anta" for male and "Anty" for female. it's written as أنت - أنتي
• We:- is pronounced as "nahno" for both males and females. it's written as نحن
• They: is pronounced as "Homm" for male and "Honna" for female. it's written as هم - هنّ
• He:- is pronounced as "Hoowa" it's written as هو
• She:- is pronounced as "Heya" it's written as هى
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معا في شرح قواعد اللغة العربية

Pronouns

The Arabic subject pronouns are:

• I = أنا = ana
• You (masc) = أنت = anta
• You (fem) = أنت = anti
• You (dual) = أنتما = antuma
• You (plural, masc) = أنتم = antum
• You (plural, fem) = أنتن = antunna
• We = نحن = nahnu
• He = هو = howwa
• She = هي = heyya
• They (dual) = هما = humma
• They (plural,masc) = هم = hom
• They (plural,fem) = هن = hunna

Use

In arabic they are frequently dropped except in the equational (verbless) sentences like:

• I'm happy = أنا سعيد
• I'm from َAlgeria = أنا من الجزائر
• He is from Egypt = هــو من مـِصر

Authors

Saeed-acr