Arabic - Grammar

• Fat-ha ( f t h a? )

• A sharp “a” sound that’s placed above the letter

• It looks like a line above the letter

• Damma

• A sharp “u” sound that’s placed above the letter

• It looks like a bow or a sideways 9 above the letter

• Kasra

• A sharp “i” sound that’s placed under the letter

• It looks like a line below the letter

Still letter

has a little circle above the letter [ doesn’t change the letters sound ]

I

• Ana ( a n a )

You

• Anta ( m ) ( a n t )

• Anti ( f )

He / She

• Huwa ( h w )

• Heia ( h y )

We

• Nahnu ( n h n )

You ( plural )

• Antum ( a n t m )

They

• Hun ( h m ) 

• Huna ( h n )

I have

• Ladeya ( l d y )

You have

• Ladeyka ( l d y k )

He / She has

• Ladeihe ( l d y h )

We have

• Ladeina ( l d y n a )

You ( plural ) have

• Ladeikum ( l d y k m )

They have

• Ladeiyhim ( l d y h m )

My

• Yy ( y )

Your ( singular )

• Ka / Ki ( k / k )

His

• Hu ( h )

Her

• Ha ( h a )

Our

• Na ( n a )

Their ( masculine + feminine )

• Huma ( h n / h m a )

That is my television

• Heve huwa telefasi ( h n a , h w , t l f a z y )

That is your mobile phone

• Hada huwa ha tifukalhalawilo ( h n a , h w , h a t f l k , a l kh l w y )

That is his bicycle 

• Havihi hiya darrajatuhu ( h dh h , h y , d r a j t h )

That is her handbag 

• Havihi hiya hakibatuwa ( h dh h , h y , H g y b t h a )

That is our school

• Havihi hiya madrasatuna ( h dh h , h y , m d r s t n a ) 

Those are your motorbikes

• Tilka hiya darrajatukuma anariyatu ( t l k , h y , d r a j a t k m a , a l n a r y h? )

That is their office

• Vaka huwa maktabuhum ( dh a k , h w , m k t b h m )

These are their chairs

• Havihi hiya karasihim ( h dh h , h y , k r a s y h m )

It is an apple

• Havihi tufahaton ( h dh h , t f a H t? )

It is a car

• Havihi sayeraton ( h dh h , s y a r q? )

It is an orange

• Halhali burtukalaton ( h l , h dh h , b r q a l t? )

Is it a bicycle

• Halhavi darrajaton ( h l , h dh h , d r a j t? )

It is not a chair. It is a table

• Hava leisakursian. havihi tawilaton ( h dh a , l y s , k r s y a . h dh h , t a w l t? )

It is not an orange, it is an apple

• Havihi leisatburtukalaton , havili tufalaton ( h dh h , l y s t , b r t q a l t? , , h dh h , t f a H t? )

This book

• Haval kitabu (h dh a , a l k t a b )

That car

• Tilkasayeratu ( t l l k , a l s y a r q )

This table 

• Havihi tawilaton ( h dh h , a l T a w l q? )

That girl

• Tilkalfatatu ( t l l k , a l f t a q? )

These books

• Havihil kutubu ( h dh h , a l k t b )

Those cars

• Tilkasayeratu ( t l l k , a l s y a r a t )

These tables?

• Havihil tawilato ( h dh h , a l T a w _? T )

Those girls 

• Ulaifkalfatalatu ( a w l _? K , a l f t y a t )