Demonstrative Pronouns & their types – أَسْمَاءُ الإِشَارَةِ وَأَنْوَاعُهَا
- In this part of lesson we will learn all the Demonstrative Pronouns i.e., singular, dual and plural for masculine as well as feminine objects, In-Shā’-Allâh (God-Willing).
- In the previous section we have already defined the Demonstrative Pronoun as “A Pronoun which is used to represent a near or distant object”.
- In Arabic language there are different Demonstrative Pronouns for the dual objects and they are:
- هَذَانِ for dual masculine near object
- هَاتَانِ for dual feminine near object
- ذَانِكَ for dual masculine distant object
- تَانِكَ for dual feminine distant object.
- Let’s review some examples of the Demonstrative Pronouns
| Picture | English | Arabic |
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| This is a pen | هَذَا قَلَمٌ. |
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| This is a bag | هَذِهِ حَقِيْبَةٌ. |
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| These are two books | هَذَانِ كِتَابَان. |
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| These are two baskets | هَاتَانِ سَلَّتَان. |
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| These are doctors | هَؤُلاءِ أَطِبَّاءُ. |
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| These are nurses | هَؤُلاءِ مُمَرِّضَاتٌ. |
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| That is the road | ذَلِكَ شَارِعٌ. |
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| That is a car | تِلْكَ سَيَّارَةٌ. |
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| Those are two boys | ذَانِكَ وَلَدَانِ. |
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| Those are two broom sticks | تانِكَ مِكْنَسَتَانِ. |
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| Those are scholars | أُؤلَئِكَ عُلَمَاءُ. |
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| Those are the lady doctors | أُؤلَئِكَ طَبِيبَاتٌ.
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