• In this lesson we will Insha'Allah learn a new topic which deals with the pronouns. Pronouns are the words used instead of nouns. In Arabic the pronouns are generally of two types

1. The Detached Pronouns (الْضَّمَائِرُ الْمنْفَصِلَةُ) and

2. The Attached Pronouns (الًضَّمَائِرُ الْمُتَّصِلَةُ)

• In English the Attached Pronouns (also called the Possessive Pronouns) are "words which show the possession (or relationship) of an object (or person) of something' e.g., if we want to express the possession of a book we would say: "this book is hers". Similarly if a person wants to express his possession of a pen, he would say, "This pen is mine". In Arabic however "The Possessive Pronouns" are suffixes (one or two letters attached at the end of a word) attached to the nouns only. They are not full-fledged words. Lets take some examples to learn the rule

Translation	Transliteration	Arabic	Pronoun
This book is yours (masculine)	Hadha Kitabuka	هَذَا كِتَابُكَ	(كَ)
This pen is yours (feminine)	Hadha qalamuki	هَذَا قَلَمُكِ	(كِ)
This bag is his	Hadhihi haqibatuhu	هَذِهِ حَقِيْبَتُهُ	(هُ)
This note book is hers	Hadhihi kurasatuha	هَذِهِ كُرَّاسَتُهَا	(هَا)
This house is mine	Hadha baiti	هَذَا بَيْتِيِ	(يِ)
Islam is our religion	Al Islamu deenuna	الإِسْلاَمُ دِيْنُنَا	(نَا)