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(١٧) الْدرسُ الْسَّابِعُ عَشَرَ - Lesson 17
In this part of lesson we will learn the dual form of the personal pronouns (he, she). In Arabic language all types of pronouns have a dual form, not only demonstrative pronouns . We have already learnt the singular form of masculine and feminine personal pronouns for the third person (he / she) in (Lesson 4_section 7)
In this part of the lesson we will learn the dual form of the Personal Pronouns for the third person representing the masculine and the feminine nouns, Insha Allah .
In order to change the personal pronouns for the third person representing masculine and feminine nouns to the Dual form, the following steps are involved:
To change a personal pronoun for the third person representing a masculine noun to مُثَنَّى i.e., Dual form, the last letter وَ i.e., a Waw with a fatha is replaced with مَا i.e., Meem with fatha and a long vowel Alif i.e.,
To change a personal pronoun for the third person representing a feminine noun to مُثَنَّى i.e., Dual form, the genitive case (kasra) of the letter ha is replaced with the nominative case (damma) and the last letter يَ i.e., a Ya with a fatha is replaced with مَا i.e., Meem with fatha and a long vowel Alif i.e.,
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Lets look at some more examples for a better understanding of the rule:
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English |
Arabic |
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He is a student
They both are students |
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She is a teacher
They are both teachers |
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This boy is poor, he is
an orphan as well
These two boys are poor, they are both orphans as well |
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This girl is a student, she is very hard
working
These two girls are students, they are both very hard working |
هَذِهِ الْبِنْتُ طَالِبَةٌ هِيَ مُجْتَهِدَةٌ جِدَّاً هَاتَانِ الْبِنْتَانِ طَالِبَتَانِ هُمَا مُجْتَهِدَتَانِ جِدَّاً |
