Lesson 16
Feminine Plural Pronouns and Time Words
هن أنتن
هُنَّ (they f pl) and أَنْتُنَّ (you f pl) complete the full pronoun table. Time vocabulary (today, tomorrow, yesterday) is also introduced.
Complete 13-Form Pronoun Table
PronounArabicPresent (write)
Iأَنَاأَكْتُبُ
Weنَحْنُنَكْتُبُ
You sg mأَنْتَتَكْتُبُ
You sg fأَنْتِتَكْتُبِينَ
You dualأَنْتُمَاتَكْتُبَانِ
You pl mأَنْتُمْتَكْتُبُونَ
You pl fأَنْتُنَّتَكْتُبْنَ
He / It (m)هُوَيَكْتُبُ
She / It (f)هِيَتَكْتُبُ
They twoهُمَايَكْتُبَانِ
They m plهُمْيَكْتُبُونَ
They f plهُنَّيَكْتُبْنَ
Time Words
ArabicTransliterationMeaning
الْيَوْمَal-yawmatoday
غَداًghadantomorrow
أَمْسِamsiyesterday
الْآنَal-ānanow
دَائِماًdāʾimanalways
هُنَّ يَكْتُبْنَ الدَّرْسَ الْآنَ أَنْتُنَّ تَدْرُسْنَ كَثِيراً
Hunna yaktubna d-darsa l-āna Antunna tadrusna kathīran
They (f) are writing the lesson now. You (f pl) study a lot.
دَرَسْنَا الْيَوْمَ سَنَدْرُسُ غَداً كَتَبْنَا أَمْسِ
Darasnā l-yawma Sa-nadrusu ghadan Katabnā amsi
We studied today. We will study tomorrow. We wrote yesterday.
Sample Dialogue
أ: مَاذَا تَكْتُبْنَ؟ ب: نَكْتُبُ الدَّرْسَ. أ: هَلْ تَدْرُسْنَ دَائِماً؟ ب: نَعَمْ، نَدْرُسُ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ.
A: Mādhā taktubna? B: Naktubu d-dars. A: Hal tadrusna dāʾiman? B: Naʿam, nadrusu kulla yawm.
A: What are you (f pl) writing? B: We are writing the lesson. A: Do you always study? B: Yes, we study every day.
- Book One pronoun system complete 13 forms across all persons, numbers, and genders.
- غَداً is an accusative adverb (ẓarf al-zamān) the tanwīn fatḥ (ً) marks it.
- أَنْتُنَّ vs أَنْتُمْ: the shaddah نَّ distinguishes feminine plural from masculine plural.
- هُنَّ and أَنْتُنَّ both take ـْنَ suffix the initial يَـ vs تَـ prefix is the only distinction.
- سَـ prefix (sa-) indicates the near future: سَنَدْرُسُ = we will study (soon).