Introduction
Welcome to our new lesson to learn the Arabic language online with al Madina Center. In this Arabic lesson, we will learn how to use the plural demonstrative pronouns and the feminine plural verb tense in the Arabic language.
Dialogue
هؤلاء إِخْوَتِي و أُولئِكَ أَصْدِقَائِي. من أولئك الرجال الطوال ؟
These are my sisters and that are my friends. Who are that tall men?
هم أَطِبَاءُ من أمريكا.
They are medical doctors from America.
من أولئك النِّسَاء؟
Who are that women?
هنَّ أُمَّهاتُ الطالبات.
They are the students’ mothers.
آباء الطلاب عند المدِيرِ.
The fathers of the students are at the director.
أ أولئك النِّساء خالاتكِ يا مَرَيْم؟
Are that women your aunts (from other’s side) o Maryam?
لا. هُنَّ عماتِي.
No. they are my aunts (from father’s side).
هَؤُلاءِ أَطِبَّاءُ و أُولَئِكَ مُهَنْدِسونَ.
These are medical doctors and that are engineers.
هَؤُلاءِ الرِّجالُ فُقَراءُ و أُولِئكَ أَغْنِيَاءُ.
These men are poor, and that (men) are rich.
أَولئك الطلاب ضِعافٌ.
These students are weak.
من أولئك الرجال؟
Who are that men?
هم وُزَرَاءُ.
They are ministers.
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2. The demonstrative pronouns – أُوْلَئِكَ
We saw in our previous lessons some demonstrative pronouns as هذا – ذلك – هذه and تِلْكَ.
The demonstrative pronoun – الْاِسْمُ الْإِشَارَةُ is the English equivalent of “this, these, that”. In Arabic, they are of two types:
- لِلْقَرِيْبِ for a close thing or person
- لَلْبَعِيْدِ for distant ones
The plural demonstrative pronoun – هَؤُلاءِ is used for close and distance, feminine and masculine.
Examples:
- Masculine:
هَذَ رَجُلٌ
This is a man.
هَؤُلاءِ رِجَالٌ
These are men.
- Feminine:
هَذِهِ طَبِيْبَةٌ
This a female medical doctor
هَؤُلاءِ طَبِيبَاتٌ
These are female medical doctors.
The demonstrative pronoun – أُوْلَئِكَ is used in Arabic for plural, distant, feminine and masculine.
Examples:
- Masculine
أَولئك الطلاب ضِعافٌ.
These students are weak.
هَؤُلاءِ أَطِبَّاءُ و أُولَئِكَ مُهَنْدِسونَ.
These are medical doctors and that are engineers.
- Feminine
من أولئك النِّسَاء؟
Who are that women?
أ أولئك النِّساء خالاتكِ يا مَرَيْم؟
Are that women your aunts (from other’s side) o Maryam?
3. The past tense third-person feminine plural
We previously studied in the past tense two persons with the singular masculine and feminine third-person.
Examples:
ذَهَبَ
He went
ذَهَبَتْ
She went
We also studied that the masculine plural third person with a past tense verb needs to add the attached pronoun و to the root verb and change the last vowel (harakah) to dammah. Also do not forget to add the prefixed ا at the end.
Examples:
ذَهَبُوا
They went
خَرَجُوا
They went out
فَعَلُوا
They did
For the third-person feminine plural, you can form it by adding the suffix نَ at the end of the verb at the past tense.
Examples:
خَرَجَ
He went out
خَرَجْنَ
They went out
ذَهَبَ
He went
ذَهَبْنَ
They went
Conclusion
This Arabic free lesson is now completed. You have learned how to use:
- The feminine and masculine plural demonstrative pronoun of distance – أُوْلَئِكَ
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The past tense third-person feminine plural
InshaAllah, we will study in the next lesson the second-person masculine plural pronouns in Arabic.
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