Personal pronouns and suffixes in Arabic
Personal pronouns and suffixes in Arabic or in the language in general are needed when you want to talk about people and want to express that something belongs to them.
Personal pronouns and suffixes in Arabic
“ | المتكلم 1. person Speaker | “ | المخاطب 2. person Addressee (when addressed directly) | “ | الغائب 3. person Absent (when talking indirectly about someone) | |
suffixed | self-reliant | suffixed | self-reliant | suffixed | self-reliant | |
ي\نِي my/ me | أنا I | كَ you (m.) | أنتَ you (m.) | هُ (هِ) his | هُوَ he | المُفرَد |
كِ you (f.) | أنتِ you (f.) | هَا her | هِيَ she | “ | ||
كُما you (both) | أنتُمَا you (both) | هُمَا them (both) | هُمَا they (both) | المُثَنَّى | ||
نَا us | نَحنُ we | كٌم you (m. (+f.)) | أنتٌم you (m. (+f.)) | هُم (هِم) them (both) (m. (+f.)) | هُم they (m. (+f.) | الجَمع |
كُنَّ you (f.) | أنتُنَّ you (f.) | هُنَّ (هِنَّ) you (f.) | هُنَّ they (f.) |
Meaning of suffixed: in the Arabic language, personal pronouns can appear or take the form of a suffix. Nouns, prepositions, verbs. particles and conjunctions can be provided with these. Example: بيتهُ = his house (caution!: هو بيت would mean ‘He is a house’.
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