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.
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