‫ِﺮﺮ‬

ُ ‫اﻟﻀﱠﻤَﺎﺋ‬
The Arabic Pronouns
 (The Arabic Pronouns)
Designed and compiled by the one in need of Allah’s pardon
Aboo ‘Imraan ‘Abdus-Saboor bin Tomas Maldonado al-Mekseekee
-may Allah forgive him, his family, and all of the Muslims-

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 Introduction
The following is a reference chart of the Arabic Pronouns. I wanted to compile something brief yet
concise for my family to benefit from during their Arabic studies. I based this off some of the well known
texts such as al-Aajurroomiyyah, Qatar-un-Nadaa, and Mulhat-ul-’Iraab and then simplified it using visual
charts.
charts

After thorough study of this chart you will have the ability to know and understand how the Arabic
pronoun works within the language. I ask that all who find benefit from this chart to make Duaa’ for me
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The Arabic language has twelve personal pronouns divided into three categories; 1st Person, 2nd Person,
and 3rd Person. They are considered nouns and stand alone:

‫ﺼ َﻠ ُﺔ‬
ِ ‫ﻀﻤَﺎ ِﺋ ُﺮ اﻟ ُﻤ ْﻨ َﻔ‬
‫اﻟ ﱠ‬

‫ﺐ‬
ُ ‫اﻟﻐَﺎ ِﺋ‬ ‫ﺐ‬
ُ ‫ﻃ‬
َ ‫اﻟ ُﻤﺨَﺎ‬
‫اﻟ ُﻤ َﺘ َﻜِﻠّ ُﻢ‬
3rd Person 2nd Person
(one who is absent) (the one addressed)
1st Person
(the one who speaks)
You
(male) ‫ﺖ‬
َ ‫أ ْﻧ‬ 3
He َ‫هُﻮ‬
‫هﻮ‬ 8

You
‫ﺖ‬
ِ ‫أ ْﻧ‬
She, Her ‫ﻲ‬
َ ‫ِه‬ 9
(female)
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I ‫أﻧَﺎ‬ 1

You (two)
Those two male or ‫أ ْﻧ ُﺘﻤَﺎ‬ 5
female
(male or ‫ُهﻤَﺎ‬ 10
female)
You all
They
(male ْ‫أﻧْﺘُﻢ‬
‫أﻧﺘﻢ‬ 6

(male) ‫ُه ْﻢ‬ 11 plural)

‫ﻦ‬
ُ‫ﺤ‬
ْ ‫َﻧ‬
2
We
You all
They
‫ﻦ‬
‫هُ ﱠ‬
‫هﻦ‬ 12
(female ‫أ ْﻧ ُﺘﻦﱠ‬ 7
(female)
(f l ) plural)
l l)

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 Here are several examples showing how the pronouns are used in a sentence:

We are Muslims. ‫ن‬

َ ‫ﺴ ِﻠ ُﻤ ْﻮ‬
ْ ‫ُﻣ‬ ‫ﻦ‬
ُ‫ﺤ‬
ْ ‫َﻧ‬ I am a Muslim. ‫ﺴ ِﻠ ٌﻢ‬
ْ ‫ُﻣ‬ ‫أﻧَﺎ‬

‫ن‬
َ ‫ﺴ ِﻠ ُﻤ ْﻮ‬
ْ ‫ُﻣ‬ ‫أ ْﻧ ُﺘ ْﻢ‬ ‫ن‬
ِ ‫ﺴ ِﻠﻤَﺎ‬
ْ ‫ُﻣ‬ ‫أ ْﻧ ُﺘﻤَﺎ‬ ‫ﺴ ِﻠ ٌﻢ‬
ْ ‫ُﻣ‬ ‫ﺖ‬
َ ‫أ ْﻧ‬
You all are Muslims. (male) You both are Muslims. (male) You are a Muslim. (male)

‫ت‬
ٌ ‫ﺴ ِﻠﻤَﺎ‬
ْ ‫ُﻣ‬ ‫أ ْﻧ ُﺘﻦﱠ‬ ‫ن‬
ِ ‫ﺴ ِﻠ َﻤﺘَﺎ‬
ْ ‫ُﻣ‬ ‫أ ْﻧ ُﺘﻤَﺎ‬ ‫ﺴ ِﻠ َﻤ ٌﺔ‬
ْ ‫ُﻣ‬ ‫ﺖ‬
ِ ‫أ ْﻧ‬
You all are Muslims. (female) You both are Muslims. (female) You are a Muslim. (female)

‫ن‬
َ ‫ﺴ ِﻠ ُﻤ ْﻮ‬
ْ ‫ُﻣ‬ ‫ُه ْﻢ‬ ‫ن‬
ِ ‫ﺴ ِﻠﻤَﺎ‬
ْ ‫ُﻣ‬ ‫ُهﻤَﺎ‬ ‫ﺴ ِﻠ ٌﻢ‬
ْ ‫ُﻣ‬ ‫ُه َﻮ‬
They are Muslims. (male) Those two are Muslims. (male) He is a Muslim.

‫ت‬
ٌ ‫ﺴ ِﻠﻤَﺎ‬
ْ ‫ُﻣ‬ ‫ُهﻦﱠ‬ ‫ن‬
ِ ‫ﺴ ِﻠ َﻤﺘَﺎ‬
ْ ‫ُﻣ‬ ‫ُهﻤَﺎ‬ ‫ﺴ ِﻠ َﻤ ٌﺔ‬
ْ ‫ُﻣ‬ ‫ﻲ‬
َ ‫ِه‬
They are Muslims. (female) Those two are Muslims. (female) She is a Muslim.

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The Arabic languages has twelve other personal pronouns. They are considered possessive but do not
stand alone. They have to be attached to a noun, verb, or particle:

‫ﺼ َﻠ ُﺔ‬
ِ ‫ﻀﻤَﺎ ِﺋ ُﺮ اﻟ ُﻤ ﱠﺘ‬
‫اﻟ ﱠ‬

His
‫ُﻩ‬ 8
You (said to a
male) ‫ك‬
َ 3

Me, Mine, My
‫ـــﻲ‬ 1

Hers
‫هَﺎ‬ 9 You (said to a
female) ‫ك‬
ِ 4

Them two You both (said to

(male or
female))
‫ُهﻤَﺎ‬ 10 two males or

females)
‫ُآﻤَﺎ‬ 5 Me
‫ﻧِﻲ‬
‫ﻲ‬ 1

You all (said to

Them
((males)) ‫ُه ْﻢ‬ 11 a group of
males)
‫ُآ ْﻢ‬ 6

You all (said to

Ours, Us
‫ﻧَﺎ‬ 2

Them
(females) ‫ُه ﱠ‬
‫ﻦ‬ 12 a group of
females)
‫ُآ ﱠ‬
‫ﻦ‬ 7

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 Here are some examples when the possessive pronoun is attached to the noun:

‫ُﻩ‬ ‫ِآﺘَﺎ ُﺑ ُﻪ‬ ‫ك‬

َ ‫ﻚ‬
َ ‫ِآﺘَﺎ ُﺑ‬ ‫ب‬
ُ ‫ِآﺘَﺎ‬
His Book. Your Book. Book (noun)
{note the Tanween

‫ِآﺘَﺎﺑُﻬَﺎ‬ ‫ﻚ‬
ِ ُ‫ِآﺘَﺎﺑ‬
has been removed.}

‫هَﺎ‬
‫هﺎ‬ ِ‫ك‬
‫ِآﺘَﺎ ِﺑﻲ‬
Her Book. Your Book.

‫ي‬
‫ُهﻤَﺎ‬ ‫آﺘِﺘﺎَﺎُُﺑ ُﻬ َﺎ‬
‫ُﻤﺎ‬ ‫ُآﻤَﺎ‬ ‫آﺘِﺘﺎَﺎُُﺑ ُﻜ َﺎ‬
‫ُﻤﺎ‬ My Book.

Their Book. Your Book.

‫ُه ْﻢ‬ ‫ِآﺘَﺎ ُﺑ ُﻬ ْﻢ‬ ‫ُآ ْﻢ‬ ‫ِآﺘَﺎ ُﺑ ُﻜ ْﻢ‬ ‫ِآﺘَﺎ ُﺑﻨَﺎ‬
Their Book. Your Book.
‫ﻧَﺎ‬
Our Book.

‫هُﻦﱠ‬
‫هﻦ‬ ‫ﻬﻦﱠ‬
‫ِآﺘَﺎﺑُﻬُﻦ‬ ‫آُﻦﱠ‬
‫آﻦ‬ َّ‫ِآﺘَﺎﺑُ ُﻜﻦ‬
‫إﺳْﻢ‬
Their Book. Your Book.
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 Here are some examples when the possessive pronoun is attached to the verb. Keep in mind that this is the past tense
male conjugation doing the action on the possessive pronoun:

‫ﺿ َﺮ َﺑ ُﻪ‬
َ ‫ﻚ‬
َ ‫ﺿ َﺮ َﺑ‬
َ ‫ب‬
َ ‫ﺿ َﺮ‬
َ
‫ُﻩ‬ ‫ك‬
َ He hit.
He hit him.
him He hit you.
you (to a male)
(verb)

‫ﺿ َﺮ َﺑﻬَﺎ‬
َ ‫ﻚ‬
ِ َ‫ﺿَ َﺮﺑ‬
‫هَﺎ‬
‫هﺎ‬ ِ‫ك‬ ‫ﺿَ َﺮﺑَﻨِﻲ‬
‫ﻧِﻲ‬
He hit her. He hit you. (to a female)

‫ﺿﺮﺑ ُﻬ َﺎ‬
‫ُﻤﺎ‬ ََ َ ‫ﺿﺮﺑ ُﻜ َﺎ‬
‫ُﻤﺎ‬ ََ َ He hit me.

‫ُهﻤَﺎ‬ He hit them both.

‫ُآﻤَﺎ‬ He hit you both. (to male or
female)

‫ﺿ َﺮ َﺑ ُﻬ ْﻢ‬
َ ‫ﺿ َﺮ َﺑ ُﻜ ْﻢ‬
َ ‫ﺿ َﺮ َﺑ َﻨﺎ‬
َ
‫ُه ْﻢ‬ H hit th
He them.
‫ُآ ْﻢ‬ He hit y
you all. (to a g
group ‫ﻧَﺎ‬
of males)
He hit us.
‫ﺿ َﺮ َﺑ ُﻬﻦﱠ‬
َ ‫ﺿ َﺮ َﺑ ُﻜﻦﱠ‬
َ
‫هُﻦﱠ‬
‫هﻦ‬ He hit them.
‫آُﻦﱠ‬
‫آﻦ‬ He hit you all. (to a group
of females) ‫ِﻓﻌْﻞ‬
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 Here are some examples when the possessive pronoun is attached to one of the particles:

‫ِﻣ ْﻨ ُﻪ‬ ‫ﻚ‬

َ ‫ِﻣ ْﻨ‬ ‫ﻦ‬
ْ ‫ِﻣ‬
‫ُﻩ‬ ‫ك‬
َ From
From him.
him From you.
you (male)
(particle)

‫ِﻣ ْﻨﻬَﺎ‬ ‫ﻚ‬

ِ ْ‫ِﻣﻨ‬
‫هَﺎ‬
‫هﺎ‬ ِ‫ك‬ ‫ﻣِ ﱢﻨﱢﻲ‬
‫ﻧِﻲ‬
From her. From you. (female)

‫ِﻣ ْﻨ ُﻬ َﺎ‬
‫ُﻤﺎ‬ ‫ِﻣ ْﻨ ُﻜ َﺎ‬
‫ُﻤﺎ‬ From me.

‫ُهﻤَﺎ‬ From them both.

‫ُآﻤَﺎ‬ From you both. (male or
female)

‫ِﻣ ْﻨ ُﻬ ْﻢ‬ ‫ِﻣ ْﻨ ُﻜ ْﻢ‬ ‫ِﻣﻨﱠﺎ‬

‫ُه ْﻢ‬ F
From th
them.
‫ُآ ْﻢ‬ From y
you all. ( a g
group of ‫ﻧَﺎ‬
males)
From us.
‫ِﻣ ْﻨ ُﻬﻦﱠ‬ ‫ِﻣ ْﻨ ُﻜﻦﱠ‬
‫هُﻦﱠ‬
‫هﻦ‬ From them.
‫آُﻦﱠ‬
‫آﻦ‬ From you all. (group of
females) ‫ﺣﺮْف‬
َ
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