Language/Standard-arabic/Grammar/Pronouns

HOW TO USE THE PRONOUNS IN STANDARD ARABIC: ”ذٰلِكُمْ”, ”ذٰلِكُنَّ” ,”ذٰلِكِ‎”, ”ذٰلِكَ”, ”ذٰلِكُمَا”

In spoken Arabic language, you should take into account two things:

1. The gender: whether it’s male or female,
2. Singular ( only one), Dual ( only two), or plural ( more than two).

In spoken English, there are only singular and plural.

So, ”ذٰلِكُمْ”, ”ذٰلِكُنَّ” ,”ذٰلِكِ‎”, ”ذٰلِكَ”, ”ذٰلِكُمَا”

all of the above have the same meaning which is mean ”THAT” OR "THIS", but we differentiate among them according to the previous two points I mentioned, as follows:

• ذٰلِكَ :- it refers to a male + singular

• ذٰلِكِ:- refers to a female + singular

• ذٰلِكُمْ:- refers to males + plural

• ذٰلِكُنَّ:- refers to females + plural

• ذٰلِكُمَا:- refers to( 2 males) or (2 females) or (1 male and 1 female) + dual

FINALLY, I HOPE THIS GRAMMAR LESSON COULD HELP YOU.

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