In this lesson we will introduce demonstratives in Modern Standard Arabic. Demonstratives are words such as “this”, “that”, “these”, “those” in English. Specifically, we will learn the different demonstratives, and how to build simple phrases and sentences with them.
The main demonstratives in Modern Standard Arabic are the following:
هَذَا haadhaa = This (masculine)
هَذِهِ haadhihi = This (feminine)
هَذَان haadhaan= These (2- masculine)
هَذَان haadhaan = These (2- masculine)
هَؤُلَاء haa-olaa’ = These (plural)
ذَلِكَ dhaalika = That (masculine) – far
تِلْكَ tilk = That (feminine) – far
أُولَئِكَ ulaa-ika = Those – far