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In this section we will Insha Allah learn the plural form of two more pronouns. We have already learnt the plural form of two of the personal and two possessive pronouns in (Lesson 13B section 04):

Example	English	Transliteration	Arabic	Singular/ Plural (Arabic)	Masculine (Arabic)	Grammatical Term
أَنْتَ وَلَدٌ You are a boy	You (Singular)	Anta	أَنْتَ	الْمُفْرَدُ	الْمُذَكَّرُ	الْضَّمِيْرُ الْمُنْفَصِلُ (Personal Pronoun - e.g. You are Tall)
أَنْتُمْ أَوْلاَدٌ You are boys	You (Plural)	Antum	أَنْتُمْ	الْجَمْعُ
كِتَابُكَ Your book	Your (Singular)	Ka	(كَ)	الْمُفْرَدُ		الْضَّمِيْرُ الْمُتَّصِلُ (Possessive Pronoun - e.g. Your House)
كَتَابُـكُمْ Your (pl) book	Your (Plural)	Kum	(كُمْ)	الْجَمْعُ

If we use أَنْتَfor a singular noun then we use أَنْتُمْfor the plural nouns.

The same rule is applied for the possessive pronoun i.e., if we say قَلَمُكَ (Your pen) for the singular noun, we will then say قَلَمُكُمْ (Your pen) for the plural nouns - i.e. the pen belonging to a group of people in the case of plural.

It must however be remembered that the personal pronouns are indeclinable i.e., they do not change their vowel ending with the change of case. So أَنْتُمْ will have the same sukkun ّ on its last letter whether it is appearing in the nominative case or accusative case or the genitive case.

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

English	Transliteration	Arabic	Pronoun
Who are you? (masculine- singular) I am a student	Man Anta? Ana taalibun	مَنْ أَنْتَ؟ أَنَا طَالِبٌ	أَنْتَ
Where are you from? (masculine - plural) We are from China	Min Aina Antum? Nahnu Minas Seen	مِنْ أَيْنَ أَنْتُمْ؟ نَحْنُ مِنْ الْصِّيْن	أَنْتُمْ
Where is your book? My book is in the bag	Aina kitabuka? Kitabi fil Haqueeba	أَيْنَ كِتَابُكَ؟ كِتَابِي فِي الْحَقِيْبَة	(كَ)
What is your language? Our language is Chinese	Ma lughatukum Lughatunaa As Seeniya	مَا لُغَتُكُمْ؟ لُغَتُنَا الْصِّيْنِيَّة	(كُمْ)