DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUN IN ARABIC LANGUAGE (This) (هذه)

 DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUN (هذه) IN ARABIC LANGUAGE 

By: Yusuf Basirat Bolanle

Let us discuss Today Insha Allah, the use of demonstrative pronoun  (هذه)  which also means (This).

We shall talk about its meaning, usefulness and its functions when  it is used in a sentence.

 

Also, at the end of the lesson we shall talk briefly on the differences and similarities between and in the use of: (هذا) and (هذه)

 

 

 Meaning

The word   (هذه)is an Arabic word, which means (This). It is also one of the demonstrative Pronouns used to point to an object that is close to us.

But this time around, the object must be a singular feminine object.

 Let us look at some examples

 

هَذِهِ

This

 

مَدْرَسَةٌ 

 a school

 

هذه مَدْرَسَةٌ

This is a school

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

هَذِهِ

This

 

بِنْتٌ

A girl

 

هذه بِنْتٌ

This is a girl

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

هذه

This

 

بَقَرَةٌ

A cow

 

هذه بَقَرَةٌ

This is a cow

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

هذه

This

 

طَالِبَةٌ

A Student

 

هذه طَالِبَةٌ

This is a female student

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

هذه

This

 

مِرْوَحةٌ

A fan

 

هذه مِرْوَحةٌ

This is a fan

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

هذه

This

 

مِلْعَقَةٌ

A spoon

 

هذه مِلْعَقَةٌ

This is a spoon

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

هذه

This

 

غُرْفَةٌ

A room

 

هذه غُرْفَةٌ

This is a room

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

هذه

This

 

حَقِيبَةٌ

A bag

 

هَذَه حَقِيبَةٌ

This is a bag

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

هذه

This

 

طَبِيبَةٌ

A doctor

 

هذه طَبِيبَةٌ

This is a doctor

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

It is important to take note that:

 all the Nouns used in the above examples end with Al-Tanween (ٌ)

مَدْرَسَةٌ           طَالِبَةٌ           مِرْوَحةٌ

   

ملعقة             غُرْفَةٌ             حَقِيبَةٌ

  

بِنْتٌ                 طَبِيبَةٌ                بَقَرَةٌ

 

This simply means those words are:

1-  Nouns

2- Singulars

3- Indefinite nouns

 

The similarities between the two demonstrative pronouns (هذا) and (هذه)  is that both are:

1- used to point to a singular object

2- used to point to close objects

 

While the difference between the two is that (هذا) is used to point to a masculine object while  (هذه) is used to point to a feminine object.

 

For instance here we have:

هذا                                   هذه

هذا وَلَدٌ                             هذه بِنْتٌ

هذا مُدَرِّسٌ                       هذه مُدَرِّسَةٌ

هذا طَبِيب ٌ                         هذه طَبِيبَةٌ

هذا مُسْلِمٌ                        هذه مُسْلِمَةٌ

and so on......

 

 Summarily

The demonstrative pronoun (هذه) is exactly the opposite of demonstrative pronoun (هذا). they are both in their singular form used to point to any object which is also in its singular form. 

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