Subject, Possessive and Object pronouns

Possessive Subject Pronoun

ِ‫ ه‬،‫ُه‬ ِ‫ُهو‬ He

‫ هما‬،‫ُهما‬ ‫ُهما‬ They (dual, m)

ِ‫ ه ْم‬،‫ُه ْم‬ ِ‫ُه ْم‬ They (pl, m)

‫ها‬ ِ‫هي‬ She

‫ُهما‬ ‫ُهما‬ They (dual, f)

ِ‫ هن‬،‫ُهن‬ ِ‫ُهن‬ They (pl, f)

ِ‫ك‬ ِ‫أ ْنت‬ You (m)

‫ُكما‬ ‫ِأ ْن ُتما‬ You (dual, m)

ِ‫ُك ْم‬ ِ‫ِأ ْن ُت ْم‬ You (pl, m)

ِ‫ك‬ ِ‫أ ْنت‬ You (f)

‫ُكما‬ ‫ِأ ْن ُتما‬ You (dual, f)

ِ‫ُكن‬ ِ‫ِأ ْن ُتن‬ You (pl, f)

‫نا‬ ِ‫ن ْح ُن‬ We

‫ ني‬، ‫ ي‬،‫ِي‬ ‫ِأنا‬ I

Notes:

• Subject pronouns are stand-alone pronouns meaning they do not join with any other word.
• Possessive pronouns are joined to the end of a noun – they can be attached to nouns, verbs, and
prepositions.
• Arabic has singular, dual and plural pronouns
Exercise (1): Circle all the pronouns in the passage below.

ُ ‫ انا أُحب‬.‫ اُمي ُمعلمة وهي جميلة‬.‫ ابي ُمحاسب و ُهو ي ْشتغل في البنك‬.‫ أُ ْختي إ ِْسمها ز ْينب‬.‫إ ْسمي هبة‬
ْ ُ
، ‫ يا مها‬.‫ت في الْم ْكتِبة مع صدِيقتي مها‬ ُ ‫ أب ْي ُتك قر ْيبِ م ْن ب ْيتنا؟ انا ذه ْب‬.‫حن ن ْس ُك ُن في ب ْريطان ْية‬
ُ ‫ ن‬.‫الْعربية‬
.ِ‫ وِاأل ْوَلد شربُوا عص ْيرِ ُهم ا ْيضا‬،‫ الْبنات شرِْبنِ عص ْير ُهن‬.ُ ‫ وجدتُِه‬،‫هلْ وج ْدت قلمي في غُ ْرفتكِ؟ نعم‬