Lesson 2.8 (page 1 of 2)
Arabic has the following demonstrative pronouns/adjectives (this, that, these, those), these words agree with the noun they apply to in number (as in English) but also in gender. "this/these" also has a dual form which also has to agree in gender with the noun it applies to. "that/those" technically also has a dual form but it is very rarely used, so it will be omitted:
Arabic |
English |
Pronoun |
Sound |
hathaa | this [masculine singular] | ||
hathehe | this [feminine singular] | ||
thaaleka | that [masculine singular] | ||
telka | that [feminine singular] | ||
haa'ulaa'e | these [masculine+feminine plural] | ||
'u;aa'eka | those [masculine+feminine plural] | ||
haathaan/haathayn | these [masculine dual] | ||
haataan/haatayn | these [feminine dual] |