My, your, our
الإضافة والضَّمائِر
Express possession naturally with simple noun phrases.
You will learn
- Say my/your/our
- Build simple possession phrases
- Ask who owns an object
Attached possessives
Arabic can attach possessive endings: كِتابي = my book, كِتابُكَ = your book (to a man), كِتابُكِ = your book (to a woman), كِتابُنا = our book.
A useful question
لِمَنْ هذا؟ means 'Whose is this?' Answer with a possessive phrase: هذا كِتابي = This is my book.
Vocabulary
| Arabic | Transliteration | English |
|---|---|---|
| كِتابي | kitābī | my book |
| كِتابُكَ | kitābuka | your book (m) |
| كِتابُكِ | kitābuki | your book (f) |
| كِتابُنا | kitābunā | our book |
| لِمَنْ | liman | whose / belonging to whom |
| حَقِيبَة | ḥaqība | bag |
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