الضمائر في اللغة العربية

• This lesson revolves around the use of pronouns in Arabic

Dialogue Examples

• مُحَادَثةٌ: "كَيْفَ حَالُكِ؟" - "أَنَا بِخَيْرٍ، وَ كَيْفَ أَنْتِ؟" translates to: Dialogue: "How are you?" - "I'm fine, and how are you?"

Vocabulary

• أَب (أَبُو): Father
• أَحَد: One, someone
• أُسْرَة: Family
• اَلَّتِي: Who, which
• إِلَى اللِّقَاءِ: Goodbye
• أَنَا بِخَيْرٍ: I am fine
• أَهْلًا وَ سَهْلًا بِكُمْ: Welcome
• أَيّ: Which, what
• جَدّ: Grandfather (father's side)
• جَدَّة: Grandmother (father's side)
• حِوَار: Dialogue
• شَارِع: Street
• صَبَاحَ الْخَيْرِ/صَبَاحَ النُّور: Good morning
• فِي أَمَانِ الله: Goodbye (lit. "In God's safekeeping")
• كَيْفَ: How
• حَالُكَ: Your condition, how you are
• مَعَ السَّلَامَة: Goodbye (lit. "With peace")
• نَحْنُ: We
• فُنْدُقُنَا: Our hotel
• نِهَايَة: End
• هُمَا: They (dual)
• وَجْهُهُمَا: Their face (dual)

Dialogue between Two Boys

• Samir: أَهْلًا وَ سَهْلًا بِكُم؛ صَبَاحَ الْخَيْرِ (Welcome, good morning).

• Samir: كَيْفَ حَالُكَ؟ (How are you?).

  • أَنَا بِخَيْرٍ؛ مِنْ أَيْنَ أَنْتَ؟ (I am fine; where are you from?).

• Hamid: صَبَاحَ النُّور (Good morning).

• Hamid: أَنَا بِخَيْرٍ وَ كَيْفَ أَنْتَ؟ (I am fine, and how are you?).

  • أَنَا مِنْ إِيرَانَ، وَ مِنْ أَيْنَ أَنْتَ؟ (I am from Iran, and where are you from?).
  • أَنَا مِنَ الْعِرَاقِ؛ هَلْ أَنْتَ مِنْ مَشْهَد؟ (I am from Iraq; are you from Mashhad?).
  • لَا؛ أَنـَا مِنْ مَازَنْدَرَان (No, I am from Mazandaran).
  • مَا اسْمُكَ؟ (What is your name?).

• وَ أَنَا مِنَ الْبَصْرَة (And I am from Basra).

  • اِسْمِي سَمِيرٌ وَ مَا اسْمُكَ (My name is Samir, and what is your name?).

• اِسْمِي حَمِيد (My name is Hamid).

• أَيْنَ أُسْرَتُكَ؟ (Where is your family?).

  • هُمْ جَالِسُونَ هُنَاكَ (They are sitting there).
  • ذَلِكَ أَبِي وَ تِلْكَ أُمِّي (That is my father and that is my mother).
  • ذَلِكَ جَدِّي وَ تِلْكَ جَدَّتِي (That is my grandfather and that is my grandmother).
    • أَيْنَ فُنْدُقُكُم؟ (Where is your hotel?).
  • فِي نِهَايَةِ هَذَا الشَّارِع (At the end of this street).
    • كَمْ يَوْمًا أَنْتُمْ فِي كَرْبَلَاء؟ (How many days will you be in Karbala?).
    • ثَلَاثَةُ أَيَّام (Three days).
  • مَنْ هَذَا الْوَلَد؟ (Who is this boy?).
    • هُوَ أَخِي (He is my brother).

• مَا اسْمُهُ؟ (What is his name?).

• اِسْمُهُ جَعْفَر (His name is Jaafar).

• فِي أَمَانِ الله (Goodbye).

• إِلَى اللِّقَاءِ، مَعَ السَّلَامَة (Goodbye)

Pronouns

• Detached Pronouns:

  • أَنَا: I
  • أَنْتَ (masculine): You (singular)
    • أَنْتِ (feminine): You (singular)
    • هُوَ: He, it (masculine)
    • هِيَ: She, it (feminine)
    • نَحْنُ: We
  • أَنْتُم (masculine plural): You (plural)
    • أَنْتُنَّ (feminine plural): You (plural)
  • أَنْتُمَا (dual): You (dual)
    • هُمَا (masculine dual): They (dual)
  • هُنَّ (feminine plural): They (plural)
    • هُم (masculine plural): They (plural)

• Attached Pronouns:

  • ـِي: My
  • ـكَ (masculine singular): Your (singular)
    • ـكِ (feminine singular): Your (singular)
    • ـهُ: His, its (masculine)
  • ـهَا: Her, its (feminine)
    • ـنَا: Our
    • ـكُم (masculine plural): Your (plural)
  • ـكُنَّ (feminine plural): Your (plural)
    • كُمَا (dual): Your (dual)
  • ـهُمَا (dual): Their (dual)
    • هُنَّ: Their(feminine plural)

• هُم: Their (masculine plural)

Quran Trivia

• سَيِّدَةُ آيَاتِ الْقُرْآنِ is آيَةُ الْكُرْسِيِّ (The most important verse of the Quran is Ayat al-Kursi).
• The سُورَةٌ(Surah) named after metal is سورَةُ الْحَدِيدِ (Surat Al-Hadid).
• The سُورَةٌ (Surah) named after a women is سورَةُ مريم (Surat Maryam).