Arabic Pronouns 1

Arabic Pronouns

​Introduction to Pronouns

In Arabic, pronouns (ضمائر, dwamaa'ir) stand in for nouns, either persons or things. They're essential for creating meaningful sentences without constant repetition of nouns.

Types of Arabic Pronouns

There are three primary types of pronouns in Arabic:

• Personal Pronouns - Stand for persons.

• Demonstrative Pronouns - Point to specific objects or persons.

• Relative Pronouns - Give us more information about something or someone

​Personal Pronouns
These refer to the person or persons speaking, being spoken to, or spoken about. They can be categorized into:

1. Singular Pronouns:

• Ana (أنا) = I

• Anta (أنتَ) = You (masculine)

• Anti (أنتِ) = You (feminine)

• Huwa (هو) = He

• Hiya (هي) = She
  

​Personal Pronouns
These refer to the person or persons speaking, being spoken to, or spoken about. They can be categorized into:

2. Dual Pronouns

• Nahnu (نحن) = We both

• Antumaa (أنتما) = You both (masculine and feminine)

• Humaa (هما) = They both (masculine and feminine)

​Personal Pronouns
These refer to the person or persons speaking, being spoken to, or spoken about. They can be categorized into:

3. Plural Pronouns

• Nahnu (نحن) = We

• Antum (أنتم) = You all (masculine or mixed group)

• Antunna (أنتُنَّ) = You all (feminine)

• Hum (هم) = They (masculine or mixed group)

• Hunna (هنّ) = They (feminine)

*mixed group means when there is both masculine and feminine

​Plural	​Dual	​Singular
​نحن	​نحن	أنا
​أنتم	​أنتما	​أنتَ
​أنْتُنَّ	​أنتما	​أنتِ
​هم	​هما	​هو
​هُنَّ	​هما	هي​

​The table of conjugation

أنا وأحمد = نحن
أنا ومريم = نحن
أنتَ وبلال = أنتما
أنتِ وزينب = أنتما
أنتَ وفاطمة = أنتما
أنتِ ويوسف = أنتما
أحمد وسليمان = هما
عائشة ورقيَّة = هما
محمد وسارة = هما
الوَلد ووالِدُه = هما

البنت ووالدتها = هما
سُميَّة وجدها = هما
هاذان الولدان = هما
هاتان البنتان = هما
المُعَلِّمان = هما
الشجرة = هي
البلد = هو

أنتَ وأطفالكَ = أنتم

أنتِ ومعَلِّماتُكِ = أنتن
أنتَ و بناتكَ = أنتم

أنتِ وأولادكِ = أنتم
أنتِ وولداكِ = أنتم
البنات = هنَّ
العاملون = هم
أحمد وعلي وعمر = هم
نورة وليلى وهالة = هن
الأستاذ والطالبتان = هم
أمي وأخَواتِي = هن
أنا والجيران = نحن
والدَيّ = هما

​Examples