Arabic Attached Pronouns الضَّمِيْر ‘the pronoun’ in Arabic is either overt or covert. The covert is called مُسْتَتِر, and it is neither written nor pronounced. The overt is called ظَاهِر, and it can be separate مُنْفَصِل or attached مُتَّصِل. الضَّمِيْرُ المُتَّصِل The attached Pronoun: Attached pronouns are always added to the end of the word. This word can be a verb, a noun, or a preposition. When added to a verb, it functions as a subject فَاعِل or as an object مَفْعُول. If added to a noun, it is a possessive pronoun مُضَاف إِلَيْهِ. And if appended to a preposition, it functions as an object of a preposition اِسْم مَجْرُور.