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Personal Pronouns

Subject pronouns

Singular pronouns

Arabic distinguishes gender in 'you' and in the third person.

📊 Independent pronouns
Person Singular Plural
1st أنا (ana) نحن (naḥnu)
2nd m أنتَ (anta) أنتم (antum)
2nd f أنتِ (anti) أنتنّ (antunna)
3rd m هو (huwa) هم (hum)
3rd f هي (hiya) هنّ (hunna)
💬 Examples
أنا / أنتَ / أنتِ
ana / anta / anti
I / you (m) / you (f)
📝 'You' has masculine and feminine forms
هو / هي
huwa / hiya
he / she
📝 Third person singular
Plural pronouns

Plurals also distinguish gender in the 2nd and 3rd persons.

💬 Examples
نحن
naḥnu
we
📝 One form for 'we'
هم / هنّ
hum / hunna
they (m) / they (f)
📝 Gendered 'they'
Pronoun + noun = a sentence

A pronoun plus a noun or adjective forms a complete sentence with no verb 'to be'.

💬 Examples
أنا طالِب
ana taalib
I am a student
📝 No word for 'am'
هي مُعَلِّمة
hiya mu'allima
She is a teacher
📝 Zero copula