Language/Standard-arabic/Grammar/Subject-pronouns

Hello Arabic learners,

In today's lesson, we will talk about the pronouns in Arabic.

معا في شرح قواعد اللغة العربية

Pronouns

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

I

• I: pronounced as " Ana" it's equal for male and female. it's written as أنا

You

• You (masc) = أنت = anta
• You (fem) = أنت = anti
• You (dual) = أنتما = antuma
• You (plural, masc) = أنتم = antum
• You (plural, fem) = أنتن = antunna

We

• We: pronounced as "nahno" for both males and females. it's written as نحن

He/She

• He: pronounced as "Hoowa" it's written as هو
• She: pronounced as "Heya" it's written as هى

They

• 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