Lesson 17

Possessive adjectives

We use possessive adjectives a lot in our daily life. These adjectives are very easy in Arabic.

Do not you believe me? Okay ... Let me teach you, and then you will see.

In Arabic, these adjectives are a letter or two added to the end of the noun. Here they are:

My	ى
His	ـه / ه
Her	ها
Your (singular masculine)	ك
Your (singular feminine)	ك
Your (plural)	كم
Our	نا
Their	هم

Let's take an example. The noun “Book” is “كتاب” in Arabic:

English	Arabic	Pronunciation
My book	كتابى
His book	كتابه
Her book	كتابها
Your book (SM)	كتابك
Your book (SF)	كتابك
Your book (P)	كتابكم
Our book	كتابنا
Their book	كتابهم

Let’s take another example. “Pens” is “قلامة” in Arabic:

English	Arabic	Pronunciation
My pens	قلامتى
His pens	قلامته
Her pens	قلامتها
Your pens (SM)	قلامتك
Your pens (SF)	قلامتك
Your pens (P)	قلامتكم
Our pens	قلامتنا
Their pens	قلامتهم

You see, as I said to you: these adjectives are very easy in Arabic.

Now, let’s put the possessive adjectives in sentences:

English	Arabic	Pronunciation
That is my son	ده ابنى
Our friends are good	اصحابنا كويسين
Her car is white	عربيتها بيضا
His box is white	صندوقه ابيض
This is your book (SF)	ده كتابك
These are your birds (P)	دول طيوركم

Remember: I wrote and pronounced the adjective “White” with two ways. The first one was “بيضا” because “عربية” is feminine. The second was “ابيض” because “صندوق” is masculine.

Remember: Look how I pronounced “صندوقة” like “سندوقة”; we pronounce it like this in Egypt.