4.4: Possessive Pronoun ي, Demonstrative Pronouns هذا - هذه, Taa Marbuta ة

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Learning Objectives

In this section, you will:

Identify the attached pronoun ي and demonstrative pronouns هذا - هذه in introducing your family members.

Grammar Note 1: Possessive Pronoun ي

You already learned in the previous lessons about the possessive pronounce ي when introducing yourself اسمي your age عمري and birthday عيد ميلادي my phone number رقم تلفوني

Listening Excerise 1:

Listen to the following audios

Listening Exercise 1
Audio	Text
	اسمي
	عُمْري
	جَدي
	أَبي
	أُمي

Grammar Note 2 : Demonstrative Pronouns هذا - هذه

In Arabic, we called the demonstrative pronouns أَسْماءُ الإشارَة ( asmā’ al-ishirāh ). In English the demonstrative pronouns are (this, that, these and those). A demonstrative pronouns change according to the gender ( male and female) and come in form of (singular, dual, plural).

For example:

هذا ( Hatha) is for singular masculine

هذه ( Hathihi ) is for singular feminine

Listening Exercise 2:

Listen to the following audios

Listening Exercise 2
Audio	Text
	هَذا جَدي
	هَذا أَبي
	هَذا أُسْتاذ
	هَذِهِ جَدتي
	هَذِهِ أُسْتاذة
	هَذِهِ زَوجة

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Grammar Note 3 : Taa Marbuta ة

ة "taa marbuta" is a special version of the same letter ت. The word مربوطة marbuta means "tied" it is as if the two ends of the تاء مفتوحة have been brought together and tied up on top. ة "taa marbuta" only occurs in nouns, and it is not found in verbs أفعال or particles حروف. It also occurs only at the end of a noun and is not used in the beginning or middle. A word that ends in a ة "taa marbuta" is pronounced with a "هـ" "ha" sound if the speaker stops at the word, and it is pronounced with a "t" sound if the speaker connects the word to the following word. As in many other languages, any Arabic noun/adjective has to be either masculine or feminine. With few exceptions, the general rule is to suffix the taa marbuta (ـة/ة) to the masculine noun/adjective forms to derive the feminine ones. Note that some male names also end in a ة "taa marbuta" and their gender is still male. Sometimes the ة does not make the word female but is used to signify that it is singular. This occurs with words that represent collective plurals. Sometimes the ة is used to intensify the meaning of a word.

This letter is called Taa Marbuuta ة which means the tide ت . Mostly the taa marbutaa indicates the feminine gender. And it occurs in the final word position with two shapes ة - ـة

Videos

Watch these videos to learn more about "taa Marbuta".

Listening Exercise 3:

Listen to the following audios

Listening Exercise 3
Audio	Text
	أُسرةٌ
	زَوجةٌ
	أُستاذةٌ
	حَبيبةٌ
	جَدةٌ