LinguaTen pronouns, one pattern
| Person | One | Several |
|---|---|---|
| I / we | أَنَا | نَحْنُ |
| you, a man / men | أَنْتَ | أَنْتُمْ |
| you, a woman / women | أَنْتِ | أَنْتُنَّ |
| he / they | هُوَ | هُمْ |
| she / they, women | هِيَ | هُنَّ |
A sentence is subject + predicate with no verb: هِيَ طَبِيبَةٌ, نَحْنُ طُلَّابٌ. The predicate agrees with the subject – ة for a woman, the plural for several. A question with هَلْ keeps the sentence as it is; مَنْ, مَا and أَيْنَ go first.
هَلْ أَنْتِ مُهَنْدِسَةٌ؟ لَا، أَنَا صَحَفِيَّةٌ.Are you an engineer? (to a woman) – No, I am a journalist.
مَنْ هُمْ؟ هُمْ طُلَّابٌ مِنْ تُونِسَ.Who are they? – They are students from Tunisia.
Words in this lesson
| Word | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|
| أَنْتِ | you (to a woman) | أَنْتِ طَالِبَةٌ. You are a student. (to a woman) |
| هِيَ | she; it | هِيَ مِنْ مِصْرَ. She is from Egypt. |
| نَحْنُ | we | نَحْنُ مِنْ مِصْرَ. We are from Egypt. |
| هُمْ | they (men or mixed) | هُمْ مِنْ لُبْنَانَ. They are from Lebanon. |
| طَالِب | student (a man) | مُوسَى طَالِبٌ. Musa is a student. |
| طَالِبَة | student (a woman) | هُدَى طَالِبَةٌ. Huda is a student. |
| مُهَنْدِس | engineer (a man) | سَمِيرٌ مُهَنْدِسٌ. Samir is an engineer. |
| صَدِيقَة | friend (a woman) | أَمَلُ صَدِيقَةٌ. Amal is a friend. |
| طَوِيل | tall; long | سَمِيرٌ طَوِيلٌ. Samir is tall. |
| مَشْغُول | busy | الطَّبِيبُ مَشْغُولٌ. The doctor is busy. |
| هَلْ | (yes–no question word) | هَلْ أَنْتَ طَبِيبٌ؟ Are you a doctor? |
| مَنْ | who | مَنْ هُوَ؟ Who is he? |
| هُنَاكَ | there | السُّوقُ هُنَاكَ. The market is there. |
Exercises
This lesson has 10 exercises in the app:
- fill the gap: 2
- multiple choice: 3
- match the pairs: 1
- build the sentence: 1
- translate the sentence: 2
- listen and type: 1
Try the first one
Complete the sentence (“She is an employee”): ___ مُوَظَّفَةٌ.
The answer, the other exercises, the audio and your progress are in the app – free at A0 and A1.