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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
- I am from the US = أنا من أمريكا (ana min amriika)
- He is from Egypt = هــو من مـِصر
- He is an engineer. = هو مهندس (howwa mohandis)