Lesson 8 · كِتَابِي
My, your, his, her
To say “my book” or “your house”, Arabic adds a short ending to the noun instead of using a separate word: كِتَابِي (my book), كِتَابُكَ (your book). A noun with one of these endings drops al- and the -un ending.
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Examples
هٰذَا كِتَابِيhaadhaa kitaabiiThis is my book
أَيْنَ بَيْتُكَ؟ayna baytuka?Where is your house? (to a man)
مَا اسْمُكِ؟masmuki?What is your name? (to a woman)
هٰذَا قَلَمُهُhaadhaa qalamuhuThis is his pen
سَيَّارَتُهَا جَدِيدَةٌsayyaaratuhaa jadiidatunHer car is new
مَدْرَسَتُنَا كَبِيرَةٌmadrasatunaa kabiiratunOur school is big
اسْمِي أَحْمَدُismii aḥmaduMy name is Ahmad
أَبِي فِي الْبَيْتِabii fil-baytiMy father is at home
Key points
- -ii my · -ka your, to a man · -ki your, to a woman · -hu his · -haa her · -naa our
- When ة gets an ending, it turns into an ordinary ت: سَيَّارَةٌ becomes سَيَّارَتِي (my car).
- مَا اسْمُكَ؟ (What is your name?) uses the same ending: ism + -uka.
Practice
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Say “my house”.
بَيْتِي baytii
Say “her book”.
كِتَابُهَا kitaabuhaa
Make “my car” from سَيَّارَةٌ.
سَيَّارَتِي sayyaaratii
The ة turns into an ordinary ت.