(١٣) الْدرسُ الْثَّالِثُ عَشَرَ (ب) Lesson 13-B

 

  • In this part of the lesson we will Insha Allah learn the plural form of "That" - the demonstrative pronoun for the distant objects. In the previous lessons we have already learnt the following demonstrative pronouns:

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

English Transliteration Arabic Singular / Plural (Arabic) Masculine / Feminine (Arabic) Grammatical Term

That (masculine)

Dhalika

ذَلِكَ

الْمُفْرَدُ الْمُذَكَّرُ اسْمَاءُ الإِشَارَةِ الْبَعِيْدَةِ

Those

Oolaika

أُولاَئِكَ

الْجَمْعُ
That (feminine) Tilka

تِلْكَ

الْمُفْرَدُ الْمُؤَنَثُ
Those Oolaika

أُولاَئِكَ

الْجَمْعُ
  • The plural form of the demonstrative pronoun for the distant objects is أُولـٰئِكَ as above. It is an indeclinable word and always take an accusative case (a fatha on last letter). It must however be remembered that أُولـٰئِكَ is used only for human beings and not for non human beings.

  • Lets use some examples for a better understanding of the rule:

Picture English Arabic

Singular: That is a father

 

Plural: Those are fathers

الْمُفْرَدُ: ذَلِكَ أَبٌ

الْجَمْعُ: أُولـٰئِكَ آبَاءٌ

Singular: That is a mother

 

Plural: Those are mothers

الْمُفْرَدُ: تِلْكَ أُمٌّ

الْجَمْعُ: أُولـٰئِكَ أُمَّهَاتٌ

Singular: Who is that man

 

Plural: Who are those men

الْمُفْرَدُ: مَنْ ذَلِكَ الْرَّجُلُ؟

الْجَمْعُ: مَنْ أُولـٰئِكَ الْرِّجَالُ؟

Singular: Where is that girl

 

Plural: Where are those girls

الْمُفْرَدُ: أَيْنَ تِلْكَ الْبِنْتُ

الْجَمْعُ: أَيْنَ أُولـٰئِكَ الْبَنَاتُ

Singular: That is a pilgrim

 

Plural: Those are pilgrims

الْمُفْرَدُ: ذَلِكَ حَاجٌّ

الْجَمْعُ: أُولـٰئِكَ حُجَّاجٌ

Singular: That is a nurse

 

Plural: Those are nurses

الْمُفْرَدُ: تِلْكَ مُمَرِّضَةٌ

الْجَمْعُ: أُولـٰئِكَ مُمَرِّضَاتٌ