Possessive pronouns

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Possessive pronouns are used to indicate ownership

In Arabic, these pronouns are suffixes that are attached to nouns.


Adding ي to any noun will turn it into a possessive pronoun

My…

As in

كِتابـــي

/kitaabee/

My book


Adding نا to any noun will turn it into a possessive pronoun

Our…

As in

كِتابُــنا

/kitaabunaa/

Our book


Examples:

حَقيبَة

/Haqeebah/

A bag

حَقيبَتـــي

/Haqeebatee/

My bag

حَقيبَتُـنا

/Haqeebatunaa/

Our bag


Adding

كَ to any noun will turn it into a possessive pronoun

Your... (Masculine/ Singular)

As in

كِتابُـكَ

/kitaabuka/

Your book


Adding

كِ

to any noun will turn it into a possessive pronoun

Your... (Feminine/ Singular)

As in

كِتابُـكِ

/kitaabuki/

Your book


Adding

كُما

to any noun will turn it into a possessive pronoun

Your... (Dual feminine and masculine)

As in

كِتابُـكُما

/kitaabukumaa/

Your book


Adding

كُمْ

to any noun will turn it into a possessive pronoun

Your... (Masculine/ Plural)

As in

كِتابُـكُمْ

/kitaabukum/

Your book


Adding

كُنَّ

to any noun will turn it into a possessive pronoun

Your... (Feminine/ Plural)

As in

كِتابُـكُنَّ

/kitaabukunna/

Your book


Examples:

كِتابُـكَ

/kitaabuka/

Your book (Masculine/ Singular)

حَقيبَتُـكِ

/Haqeebatuki/

Your bag (Feminine/ Singular)


Examples:

بَيْتُـكُمْ

/baytukum/

Your house (Masculine/ Plural)

بَيْتُـكُنَّ

/baytukunna/

Your house (Feminine/ Plural)


Adding

ـهُ to any noun will turn it into a possessive pronoun

His…

As in

كِتابُــهُ

/kitaabuhu/

His book


Adding

ـها to any noun will turn it into a possessive pronoun

Her...

As in

كِتابُــها

/kitaabuhaa/

Her book


Adding

ـهُما

to any noun will turn it into a possessive pronoun for two owners

Their… (Dual feminine and masculine)

As in

كِتابُــهُما

/kitaabuhumaa/

Their book


Adding

ـهُمْ

to any noun will turn it into a possessive pronoun for more than two owners

Their... (Masculine/ Plural)

As in

كِتابُــهُمْ

/kitaabuhum/

Their book

 


Adding

ـهُنَّ

to any noun will turn it into a possessive pronoun for more than two owners

Their... (Feminine/ Plural)

As in

كِتابُــهُنَّ

/kitaabuhunna/

Their book


Examples:

بَيْتُــهُمْ

/baytuhum/

Their house (Masculine/ Plural)

بَيْتُــهُما

/baytuhumaa/

Their house (Dual feminine and masculine)


Examples:

مَدْرَسَتُــهُ /madrasatuhu/ His school مَدْرَسَتُــها /madrasatuhaa/ Her school  

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