Arabic The plural form of “That”
Introduction –مُقَدِّمَةٌ
- In this lesson we will learn the following things In-Shā’-Allâh (God willing):
- The plural form of “That” (demonstrative pronoun) for the masculine as well as the feminine nouns.
English |
Transliteration |
Arabic |
Singular / Plural (Arabic) |
Masculine / Feminine (Arabic) |
Grammatical Term |
That (masculine) |
/Dhālika/ |
ذَلِكَ |
الْمُفْرَدُ |
الْمُذَكَّرُ |
أَسْمَاءُ الإِشَارَةِ الْبَعِيدَةِ |
Those |
/ulā’ika/ |
أُولَـٰئِكَ |
الْجَمْعُ |
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That (feminine) |
/Tilka/ |
تِلْكَ |
الْمُفْرَدُ |
الْمُؤَنَّثُ |
|
Those |
/ulā’ika/ |
أُولَـٰئِكَ |
الْجَمْعُ |
- We will learn the plural form of the Personal Pronouns for the masculine as well as the feminine nouns
Example |
English |
Transliteration |
Arabic |
Singular / Plural (Arabic) |
Masculine / Feminine (Arabic) |
هُوَ طَوِيلٌ (He is tall) |
He |
/Huwa/ |
هُوَ |
الْمُفْرَدُ |
الْمُذَكَّرُ |
هُمْ طِوَالٌ (They are tall) |
They |
/Hum/ |
هُمْ |
الْجَمْعُ |
|
بَيْتُهُ (His house) |
His |
/Hu/ |
ـهُ |
الْمُفْرَدُ |
|
بَيْتُهُمْ (Their house) |
Their |
/Hum/ |
ـهُمْ |
الْجَمْعُ |
|
هِيَ مَرِيضَةٌ (She is ill) |
She |
/Hiya/ |
هِيَ |
الْمُفْرَدُ |
الْمُؤَنَّثُ |
هُنَّ مَرِيضَاتٌ (They are ill) |
They |
/Hunna/ |
هُنَّ |
الْجَمْعُ |
|
كِتَابُهَا (Her book) |
Her |
/Ha/ |
ـهَا |
الْمُفْرَدُ |
|
كِتَابُهُنَّ (Their book) |
Their |
/Hunna/ |
هُنَّ |
الْجَمْعُ |
- The plural form of the simple masculine as well as feminine verbs:
English |
Transliteration |
Arabic |
Singular / Plural (Arabic) |
Masculine / Feminine (Arabic) |
He went |
/Dhahaba/ |
ذَهَبَ |
الْمُفْرَدُ |
الْمُذَكَّرُ |
They went |
/Dhahabu/ |
ذَهَبُوا |
الْجَمْعُ |
|
She went |
/Dhahabat/ |
ذَهَبَتْ |
الْمُفْرَدُ |
الْمُؤَنَّثُ |
They went (fem. plural) |
/Dhahabna/ |
ذَهَبْنَ |
الْجَمْعُ |
- We will learn the use of a new word:
English |
Arabic |
Some |
بَعْضُ |