Determinative Possessive Pronouns

Arabic Determinative Possessive Pronouns:

Similar to the Arabic object pronouns, the determinative possessive pronouns look the same, the only difference is that they end a noun and not a verb like above. So to learn how to say “my house” “his car” “her dress” …you need to look at the table below:

Arabic Determinative Possessive Pronouns
Singular	Dual	Plural
My: noun+i  ي Your (masculine): noun+k   كََ Your (feminine): noun+ki    كِ His: noun+h  ه ،  ـه Her: noun+ha  ها	Your (dual male or female): noun+kumaa  كُما Their (dual male or female): noun+humaa هُما	Our: noun+naa  نا Your (plural masculine): noun+kum   كُم Your (plural feminine): noun+kun  كُن Their (plural masculine): noun+hum  هُم Their (plural feminine): noun+hun هُن

In Arabic you have to use the possessive pronouns above as a suffix, meaning that they should be ending the word (noun), here are some examples:

Book = Kitab   كتاب    

My book = Kitabi                كتابي  

Your book = kitabuk كتابك 

Your book (singular female) = Kitabuki كتابك 

His book = Kitabuh   كتابه   

Her book = Kitabuha كتابها   

Your book (dual male or female) = Kitabukumaa كتابكما 

Their book (dual male or female) = Kitabuhumaa كتابهما 

Our book = Kitabuna كتابنا

Your book (plural masculine) = Kitabukum كتابكم

Your book (plural feminine) = Kitabukun كتابكن

Their book (plural masculine) = Kitabuhum كتابهم

Their book (plural feminine) = kitabuhun كتابهن 

So it’s very easy to use the possessive pronoun in Arabic, you just need to add the suffixes on the table above to the word, and that’s it.

Arabic Prepositional Pronouns: (to me, for you, about her …any pronoun with a preposition preceding it)

 It’s easy to use the prepositional pronouns in Arabic; you just add the suffix below to the preposition, which looks exactly like the ones we learn before in the possessive object, above:

Arabic Prepositional Pronouns
Singular	Dual	Plural
Me: preposition+i  ي You (masculine): preposition+k   كََ You (feminine): preposition+ki    كِ Him: preposition+h  ه ،  ـه Her: preposition+ha  ها	You (dual male or female): preposition+kumaa  كُما Them (dual male or female): preposition+humaa هُما	We: preposition+naa  نا You (plural masculine): preposition+kum   كُم You (plural feminine): preposition+kun  كُن Them (plural masculine): preposition+hum  هُم Them (plural feminine): preposition+hun هُن

So to say “come to me” we would add the prepositional pronoun “me = i” to the Arabic preposition “to = ila”, so “come to me = taala ilai = تعال إلي”

Said to me = qaal li قال لي   .

Arabic Independent Possessive Pronouns:

In Arabic the independent possessive pronoun is used to express “mine, yours, hers….”

Example: the book is mine: al kitab li الكتاب لي, the drink is ours: al mashroob lana المشروب لنا . The table below shows the independent possessive pronouns:

Arabic Independent Possessive Pronouns
Singular	Dual	Plural
Mine   li  لي yours (sing masculine) lak  لك yours (singular feminine) laki  لك his  lah   له hers  laha لها	yours (dual male or female) lakumaa  لكما theirs (dual male or female) lahumaa   لهما	Ours  lana لنا yours (plural masculine) lakum لكم yours (plural feminine) lakun لكن theirs (plural masculine) lahum لهم theirs (plural feminine) lahun لهن

 You can also use the word “milk” to form independent possessive, the word milk ملك means “property of” …, the book is mine (my property) = al kitaabu milki الكتاب ملكي, but I would suggest to use the pronouns on the table above which is easier and more used.