hi,today you continue the lesson of prounouns.today is about Arabic Determinative Possessive Pronouns.

Similar to the Arabic object pronouns, the determinative possessive pronouns look the same, the only difference is that they end a noun and not a verb like above. So to learn how to say “my house” “his car” “her dress” …you need to look at the table below:

Singular



Me: noun+i ي



You (masculine): noun+k كََ



You (feminine): noun+ki كِ



Him: noun+h ه ، ـه



Her: noun+ha ها



Dual



You (dual male or female): noun+kumaa كُما



Them (dual male or female): noun+humaa هُما



Plural



We: noun+naa نا



You (plural masculine): noun+kum كُم



You (plural feminine): noun+kun كُن



Them (plural masculine): noun+hum هُم



Them (plural feminine): noun+hun هُن

In Arabic you have to use the possessive pronouns above as a suffix, meaning that they should be ending the word (noun), here are some examples:

Book = Kitab كتاب

My book = Kitabi كتابي

Your book = kitabuk كتابك

Your book (singular female) = Kitabuki كتابك

His book = Kitabuh كتابه

Her book = Kitabuha كتابها

Your book (dual male or female) = Kitabukumaa كتابكما

Their book (dual male or female) = Kitabuhumaa كتابهما

Our book = Kitabuna كتابنا

Your book (plural masculine) = Kitabukum كتابكم

Your book (plural feminine) = Kitabukun كتابكن

Their book (plural masculine) = Kitabuhum كتابهم

Their book (plural feminine) = kitabuhun كتابهن So it’s very easy to use the possessive pronoun in Arabic, you just need to add the suffixes on the table above to the word, and that’s it.

Arabic Prepositional Pronouns: (to me, for you, about her …any pronoun with a preposition preceding it) It’s easy to use the prepositional pronouns in Arabic; you just add the suffix below to the preposition, which looks exactly like the ones we learn before in the possessive object, above:

Arabic Prepositional Pronouns

Singular

Me: preposition+i ي



You (masculine): preposition+k كََ



You (feminine): preposition+ki كِ



Him: preposition+h ه ، ـه



Her: preposition+ha ها

Dual



You (dual male or female): preposition+kumaa كُما



Them (dual male or female): preposition+humaa هُما

Plural



We: preposition+naa نا



You (plural masculine): preposition+kum كُم



You (plural feminine): preposition+kun كُن



Them (plural masculine): preposition+hum هُم



Them (plural feminine): preposition+hun هُن So to say “come to me” we would add the prepositional pronoun “me = i” to the Arabic preposition “to = ila”, so “come to me = taala ilai = تعال إلي” Said to me = qaal li قال لي .

Arabic Independent Possessive Pronouns:

In Arabic the independent possessive pronoun is used to express “mine, yours, hers….” Example: the book is mine: al kitab li الكتاب لي, the drink is ours: al mashroob lana المشروب لنا . The table below shows the independent possessive pronouns:

Singular



Mine li لي



yours (sing masculine) lak لك



yours (singular feminine) laki لك



his lah له



hers laha لها

Dual



yours (dual male or female) lakumaa لكما



theirs (dual male or female) lahumaa لهما

Plural



Ours lana لنا



yours (plural masculine) lakum لكم



yours (plural feminine) lakun لكن



theirs (plural masculine) lahum لهم



theirs (plural feminine) lahun لهن

You can also use the word “milk” to form independent possessive, the word milk ملك means “property of” …, the book is mine (my property) = al kitaabu milki الكتاب ملكي, but I would suggest to use the pronouns on the table above which is easier and more used.