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Pronouns

I

أنا

you (singular m.)

أنتَ

you (singular f.)

أنتِ

he

هو

she

هي

There is an Arabic 'to be' verb however it is rarely used. If you wanted to say "He is a teacher" for example, you simply would state the subject pronoun and the noun- literally "He teacher".

He is a teacher.
I am a Muslim (feminine).

هذا is the masculine form of 'this/that' and هذه is the feminine form.

This (masculine) is a friend.
This (feminine) is a (female) colleague.
This (feminine) is a table.

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Questions

Yes/no questions are formed by placing هل at the beginning of a statement.

Are you a student?

هل أنتَ طالب؟

Yes

 

نعم

 
No
 

Is he a teacher?
Are you (feminine) a writer/author(feminine)?

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