Arabic Pronouns

‫الضمائر‬
 Arabic Pronouns

‫الضمائر‬
• There are two types of pronouns in Arabic dictionary, one is Attach Pronoun,
and the other is Detach Pronoun.

• Arabic Pronouns are also divided into two parts- The subject pronoun and
the object pronoun.
Characteristic of subject pronoun

Attach Pronoun ‫المتصل‬ ‫الضمير‬

‫المنفصل‬
 
 

Detach Pronoun
 ‫الضمير المنفصل‬
Detach Pronoun

‫المفرد‬ ‫المثنى‬ ‫الجمع‬

(3) (huwa)‫هو‬ (huma)‫هما‬ (hum)‫هم‬
Al Ghoib
(hiya)‫هي‬ (huma)‫هما‬ (hunna)‫هن‬
‫الغائب‬
(2) ‫ت‬-- - ‫( أن‬antuma)‫تم‬-‫ن‬-‫أ‬
(anta) (antum)‫تم‬-‫ن‬-‫أ‬
Al Mukhotib
‫ا‬
‫المخاطب‬
‫ت‬-ِ‫ن‬-‫( أ‬antuma)‫تم‬-‫ن‬-‫أ‬
(anti) (antunna)‫تن‬-‫ن‬-‫أ‬

‫ا‬
(1) (ana)‫نا‬-‫أ‬ ‫ن‬
(nahnu) ‫حن‬
Dhomir Munfosel
Al mutakallim  

Detach Pronouns
‫المتكلم‬
 Dhomir Munfosel
  ‫الضميرالمنفصل‬
Detach Pronouns

huma-them
muslimuna hum-they (m) muslimani both (m) muslimun huwa-he
Al ghoib
(3)

muslimatani huma-them muslimatun

muslimaat hunna-they (f) both (f) hiya-she

antuma-they
muslimuna antum-you all (m) muslimani both (m) muslimun anta-you(m)
Al
Mukhotib
(2)
antuma-they
muslimaat antunna-you all (f) muslimatani both (f)
muslimatun anti-you (f)

muslimatun Al Mutakallim
nahnu-we / muslimun ana-I (1)
 Dhomir Muttosel
 
Attach Pronoun ‫الضمير المتص‬
‫ل‬
hum-they (m)
kitabuhum (m) huma-them huwa-he
both (m)

kitabuhunna huma-them
hunna-they (f) hiya-she
(f) both (f)

kitabukum (m) antuma-they

antum-you all anta-you(m)
both (m)
(m)

antunna-you all antuma-they

kitabukunna (f) anti-you (f)
(f) both (f)

ana-I
nahnu-we