٣) الْدرسُ الْثَّالِثُ عَشَرَ (أ) - Lesson 13-A

 

  • In this part of the lesson we will learn the plural form of the Demonstrative Pronouns Insha'Allah for objects that are nearby ("these") and objects that are further away ("those").  In the previous lessons we have already learnt the following demonstrative pronouns:

  • The plural form of these demonstrative pronouns is same for the masculine and feminine nouns i.e.,   

English Transliteration Demonstrative Pronoun (Arabic) Singular / Plural (Arabic) Masculine / Feminine (Arabic)

Grammatical Term

This (masculine)

Hadhaa

هَذَا

الْمُفْرَدُ الْمُذَكَّرُ اسْمَاءُ الإِشَارَةِ الْقَرِيْبَةِ

These

Ha ula i

هَؤُلاَءِ

الْجَمْعُ
This (feminine) Hadhihi

هَذِهِ

الْمُفْرَدُ الْمُؤَنَثُ
These Ha ula i

هَؤُلاَءِ

الْجَمْعُ
  • The plural form of the demonstrative pronoun for the close objects is هَؤُلاَءِ.  It is an indeclinable word and always takes a genitive case (with a kasra). It must however be remembered that هَؤُلاَءِ is used only for the human beings and not for the non human beings.

  • Lets take some examples for better understanding of the rule:

Picture English Arabic

Singular: This is a teacher

 

Plural: These are teachers

الْمُفْرَدُ: هَذَا مُدَرِّسٌ

الْجَمْعُ: هَؤُلاَءِ مُدَرِّسُوْنَ

Singular: This is a female student

 

Plural: These are female students

الْمُفْرَدُ: هَذِهِ طَالِبَةٌ

الْجَمْعُ: هَؤُلاَءِ طَالِبَاتٌ

Singular: This is an engineer

 

Plural: These are engineers

الْمُفْرَدُ: هَذَا مُهَنْدِسٌ

الْجَمْعُ: هَؤُلاَءِ مُهَنْدِسُوْنَ

Singular: This is a lady teacher

 

Plural: These are lady teachers

الْمُفْرَدُ: هَذِهِ مُدَرِّسَةٌ

الْجَمْعُ: هَؤُلاَءِ مُدَرِّسَاتٌ

Singular: This is a farmer

 

Plural: These are farmers

الْمُفْرَدُ: هَذَا فَلاَّحٌ

الْجَمْعُ: هَؤُلاَءِ فَلاَّحُوْنَ

Singular: This is a female colleague

 

Plural: These are female colleagues

الْمُفْرَدُ: هَذِهِ زَمِيْلَةٌ

الْجَمْعُ: هَؤُلاَءِ زَمِيْلاَتٌ

Singular: This is hard working

 

Plural: These are hard working

الْمُفْرَدُ: هَذَا مُجْتَهِدٌ

الْجَمْعُ: هَؤُلاَءِ مُجْتَهِدُوْنَ

Singular: This is a wife

 

Plural: These are wives

الْمُفْرَدُ: هَذِهِ زَوْجَةٌ

الْجَمْعُ: هَؤُلاَءِ زَوْجَاتٌ