Relative Pronouns – الاسْمَاءُ الْمَوْصُولَةُ
- In this part of lesson we will learn all the Relative Pronouns i.e., singular, dual and plural for masculine as well as feminine objects, In-Shā’-Allâh (God-Willing).
- In the previous sections we have already defined the Relative Pronoun as “A Pronoun which refers or relates to some noun preceding it “.
- In Arabic language there are different Relative Pronouns for the singular, dual and plural objects which are illustrated below:
| English | Transliteration | Gender/Number | Arabic | Relative Nouns |
| Who/That | Al-Ladhī | Masculine/Singular | الَّذِي | الأَسْمَاء الْمَوْصُولة |
| Al-Latī | Feminine/Singular | الَّتِي | ||
| Those two/Who (dual) | Al-Ladhāni | Masculine/Dual | الَّذَانِ | |
| Al-Latāni | Feminine/Dual | اللَّتَانِ | ||
| Those all/Who all | Al-ladhīna | Masculine/ Plural | الَّذِينَ | |
| Al-Lā’ī | Feminine/Plural | اللائِي |
- Let’s review some examples to understand this rule:
| Picture | Translation | Arabic |
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| He is the owner of the house who went out of the house. | هُوَ مَالِكُ الْمَنْزِلِ الَّذِي خَرَجَ مِنَ الْبَيْتِ. |
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| This is the student who won the prize | هَذِهِ الطَّالبةُ الَّتِي حَصَلَتْ عَلَى الْجَائِزَةَ. |
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| They are the two students who work hard in the class | هُمَا الزَّمِيلاَنِ اللَّذَانِ يَجْتَهِدَانِ فِي الْفَصْلِ. |
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| They are those who cheat in the exam | هُمُ الَّذِيْنَ يَغُشُّونَ فِي الامْتِحَانِ. |
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| These are the two students (female) who are hard working | هَاتَانِ الطَّالِبَتَانِ اللَّتَانِ هُمَا مُجْتَهِدَتَانِ. |
