In this section we will learn the Pronouns, Insha Allah God-willing.

• In the previous lessons we have learnt that in Arabic language there are two types of Pronouns namely Attached Pronouns الضَمَائِرُ الْمُتَصِلَةُ and Detached Pronouns الضَمَائِرُ الْمُنْفَصِلَةُ.

• Similar to the English Language, the Arabic Pronouns are divided by 1st person I / We, 2nd person You and 3rd person He / She / They.

Example:	Person	Arabic
I / We	1st	الضَمَائِرُ لِلْمُتَكَلِّمِ
You	2nd	الضَمَائِرُ لِلْمُخَاطَبِ
He / She / They	3rd	الضَمَائِرُ لِلْغَائِبِ.

• We can see the detached pronouns that we normally use for the different persons below as well as the attached pronouns which we will cover in more detail below.

Attached Pronoun:	Meaning:	Singular / Plural / Dual	Gender of person:	Arabic:	Person:
يِ	I	Singular	Masculine or Feminine	أنَا	1st
نَا	We	Plural	Masculine or Feminine	نَحْنُ
كَ	You	Singular	Masculine	أَنْتَ	2nd
كُما	You	Dual	Masculine	أَنْتُمَا
كُمْ	You	Plural	Masculine	أنْتُمْ
كِ	You	Singular	Feminine	أَنْتِ
كُما	You	Dual	Feminine	أَنْتُمَا
كُنَّ	You	Plural	Feminine	أَنْتُنَّ
هُ	He	Singular	Masculine	هُوَ	3rd
هَا	She	Singular	Feminine	هِيَ
هُما	They	Dual	Masculine and Feminine	هُمَا
هُمْ	They	Plural	Masculine	هُمْ
هُنَّ	They	Plural	Feminine	هُنَّ

• The Attached Pronoun for 1st Person Singular is يِ for both masculine and feminine e.g., حَقِيْبَتِي  (my bag (fem.)) and for Plural it is نَا for both the masculine and feminine دِيْنُنَا  (our religion),
   

• The Attached Pronouns for 2nd Person are as follows:

  • 2nd Person Singular Male = كَ e.g., بَيْتُكَ meaning "Your house"

  • 2nd Person Singular Female = كِ e.g., كِتَابُكِ meaning "Your book"

  • 2nd Person Dual for both masculine and feminine = كُمَا e.g., مَكْتَبْكُمَا meaning "Desk of both of you"

  • 2nd Person Plural masculine = كُمْ e.g., أُسْتَاذُكُمْ  meaning "The teacher of all of you".

  • 2nd Person Plural feminine = كُنَّ e.g., غُرْفَتُكُنَّ meaning "The room of all of you"
     

• The Attached Pronouns for 3rd Person are as follows:

  • 3rd Person Singular Male = هُ e.g., مِسْطَرَتُهُ meaning "His ruler"

  • 3rd Person Singular Female = هَا e.g., مَطْبَخُهَا meaning "Her kitchen"

  • 3rd Person Dual for both masculine and feminine = هُما e.g., مَدْرَسَتُهُمَا meaning "School of both of them"

  • 3rd Person Plural masculine = هُمْ e.g., مَلْعَبُهُمْ  meaning "Their play ground".

  • 3rd Person Plural feminine = هُنَّ e.g., وَاجِبُهُنَّ meaning "Their duty"
     

• It must be remembered however that the noun preceded by the attached pronoun is always a definite noun and therefore it does not take a double vowel.
   

• Lets take some examples to understand this rule: