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In this section we will learn the plural form of two more pronouns Insha'Allah (God-Willing). We have already learnt the plural form of some of the personal and possessive pronouns in (Lesson 13B section 4) and (Lesson 14 section 2):

Example	English	Transliteration	Arabic	Singular/ Plural (Arabic)	Feminine (Arabic)	Grammatical Term
أَنْتِ ذَهَبْتِ You went	You (Singular)	Anti	أَنْتِ	الْمُفْرَدُ	الْمُؤَنَّثُ	الْضَّمِيْرُ الْمُنْفَصِلُ (Personal Pronoun - e.g. You are Tall)
أَنْتُنَّ ذَهَبْتُنَّ You (all) went	You (Plural)	Antunna	أَنْتُنَّ	الْجَمْعُ
أُمُّكِِ Your mother	Your (Singular)	Ki	(كِ)	الْمُفْرَدُ		الْضَّمِيْرُ الْمُتَّصِلُ (Possessive Pronoun - e.g. Your House)
أُمُّكُنَّ Your (all of your) mother	Your (Plural)	Kunna	(كُنَّ)	الْجَمْعُ

If we use أَنْتِ for a singular pronoun then we use أَنْتُنَّ for the plural pronouns.

The same rule is applied for the possessive pronoun i.e., if we say كِتَابُكِ (Your book) for the singular feminine pronoun, we will then say كِتَابُكُنَّ (Your (i.e. all of your") book) for the plural pronouns.

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 أَنْتُنَّwill have the same shadda ّ with a fatha on it on the 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:

Translation	Transliteration	Arabic	Pronoun
Who are you? (feminine - singular) I am a student	Man Anti? Ana talibatun	مَنْ أَنْتِ؟ أَنَا طَالِبَةٌ	أَنْتِ
Where are you from? (feminine - plural) We are from China	Min Aina Antunna? Nahnu Minas Seen	مِنْ أَيْنَ أَنْتُنَّ؟ نَحْنُ مِنْ الْصِّيْن	أَنْتُنَّ
Where is your bag? My bag is in my room	Aina haqeebatuki? Haqeebati fee ghurfati	أَيْنَ حَقِيْبَتُكِ؟ حَقِيْبَتِي فِي غُرْفَتِي	(كِ)
What is your religion? Our religion is Islam	Ma deenukunna? Deenuna al Islamu	مَا دِيْنُكُنَّ؟ دِيْنُنَا الإسْلاَمُ	(كُنَّ)