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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