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English. | Arabic.—Phonetic Pronunciation |
Plural (Suffixes.) | |
Our— | —na |
your— | —kum |
their— | —hum |
Myself | - |
thyself | nafs-ak, zāt-ak |
himself | nafs-u, zāt-u |
herself | nafsi-ha, zātiha |
ourselves | nafsi-na, zātina |
yourself | nafs-ak, zāt-ak |
yourselves | nafsi-kum, zāt-kum |
themselves | nafsi-hum, zāt-hum |
Singular. | |
Mine, or my own | bit'a-ī |
thine, or thy own | bit'a-ak (m.), bitā-ik (f.) |
his, or his own | bit'a-u |
hers, or her own | bit'a-ha |
Plural. | |
Ours, or our own | bit'a-na |
yours, or your own | bit'a-kum |
theirs, or their own | bit'a-hum |
Relative. | |
Who, whom,that, which, what | illi. |
Note.—Illi is the only Relative Pronoun used in conversational Arabic. | |
29. Interrogatives. | |
Who? | min? |
to whom? | le-mīn? |
which? | 'anhu? |
what? | eyh? |
whose? | bit'a-mīn? |
why? | leyh? |
how (are you)? | izzāy (ak)? |
from me | min-ni |
from him | min-nu |
from you | min-nak |