DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUNS IN ARABIC LANGUAGE (مذا) (THIS) | PRONOUNS IN ARABIC

DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUN (هذا) (This) IN ARABIC LANGUAGE

By: Yusuf Basirat Bolanle  

Meaning of Demonstrative Pronoun (هذا) (This)

 

The word   (هذا)is an Arabic word, which means (This). It is one of the demonstrative Pronouns.  the following features are required in the pointed objects.

- To be a close object.

- To be a masculine object

- Also the objects we are pointing to should be a singular

  object, I mean it should be only one object. not more

   than that.

 Let's give some examples of how to use it, to illustrate our explanations .

هذا

This

 

كِتَابٌ

 a book

 

هذا كِتَابٌ

This is a book

............................................................

هذا

This

 

قَلَمٌ

 a pen

 

هذا قَلَمٌ

This is a pen

............................................................

هذا

This

 

كُرْسِيٌّ

 a Chair

 

هذا كُرْسِيٌّ

This is a Chair

............................................................

هذا

This

 

سَرِيرٌ

 a bed

 

هذا سَرِيرٌ

This is a bed

............................................................

هذا

This

 

مَكْتَبٌ

 a table

 

هذا مَكْتَبٌ

This is a Table

............................................................

هذا

This

 

مِفْتَاحٌ

 a key

 

هذا مِفْتَاحٌ

This is a key

............................................................

هذا

This

 

مُدَرِّسٌ

 a teacher

 

هذا مُدَرِّسٌ

This is a teacher

............................................................

هذا

This

 

وَلَدٌ

 a boy

 

هَذَا وَلَدٌ

This is a boy

 ............................................................

هذا

This

 

رَجُلٌ

 a man

 

هذا رَجُلٌ

This is a man

............................................................ 

 

Now, It is important to take note that all the Nouns used in the examples above ends with Al-Tanween (ٌ)

كِتَابٌ    سَرِيرٌ   مُدَرِّسٌ

 

قَلَمٌ      مَكْتَبٌ       وَلَدٌ

 

كُرْسِيٌّ    مِفْتَاحٌ    رَجُلٌ

 

This simply means those words are:

1-  They are nouns

2- They are singular

3- They are indefinite nouns 

 

Summarily

The demonstrative Pronoun (هذا) is in its singular form used to point to any objects which are also in their singular forms.