Language/Standard-arabic/Grammar/Subject-pronouns

Hello Arabic learners,

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

Pronouns

The Arabic language has subject 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)

Subject pronouns in standard and Egyptian Arabic

	English	Standard Arabic	Egyptian Arabic
Singular	I	أنا (ana)
	you (masc.)	انتَ (anta)	انت (inta)
	you (fem.)	انتِ (anti)	انتى (inti)
	he	هو (howwa)
	she	هي (heyya)
Dual	we	نحن (naHnu)
	you	أنتما (antuma)
	they	هما (humaa)
Plural	we	نحن (naHnu)	احنا (eHna)
	you (masc.)	أنتم (antum)	انتو (intu)
	you (fem.)	أنتن (antunna)
	they (masc.)	هم (homa)	هم (homa)
	they (fem.)	هن (hunna)

Sources

https://arabic.desert-sky.net/g_pronouns.html

Authors

Saeed-acr