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Volume 1 · Lesson 11
Volume 1
Learn the full set of personal pronouns (I, thou, he, she, we, you, they) and the perfect (past) tense of the verb كَتَبَ "to write." Then practise conjugating four more verbs the same way.
| Person | Singular | Plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | Transliteration | English | Arabic | Transliteration | English | |
| First Person | أَنَا | 'anaa | I | نَحْنُ | nahnu | we |
| Second Person (Masculine) | أَنْتَ | 'anta | thou (m.) | أَنْتُمْ | 'antum | you (m.) |
| Second Person (Feminine) | أَنْتِ | 'anti | thou (f.) | أَنْتُنَّ | 'antunna | you (f.) |
| Third Person (Masculine) | هُوَ | huwa | he | هُمْ | hum | they (m.) |
| Third Person (Feminine) | هِيَ | hiya | she | هُنَّ | hunna | they (f.) |
| First Person | كَتَبْتُ | katabtu | I have written / I wrote | كَتَبْنَا | katabnaa | we have written / we wrote |
| Second Person (Masculine) | كَتَبْتَ | katabta | thou (m.) hast written | كَتَبْتُمْ | katabtum | you (m.) have written |
| Second Person (Feminine) | كَتَبْتِ | katabti | thou (f.) hast written | كَتَبْتُنَّ | katabtunna | you (f.) have written |
| Third Person (Masculine) | كَتَبَ | kataba | he has written / he wrote | كَتَبُوا | kataboo | they (m.) have written |
| Third Person (Feminine) | كَتَبَتْ | katabat | she has written / she wrote | كَتَبْنَ | katabna | they (f.) have written |
Why do words end with “-un”?
The -un ending is called tanween (nunation). It marks indefinite nouns — similar to “a/an” in English.
To find the base word, simply remove the final “-un” sound (the double-stacked damma بٌ on the last letter).
Type your translation, then check it. Spelling and vowel marks are graded leniently.
كَتَبْتُ
كَتَبَتْ
كَتَبُوا
كَتَبْنَ
كَتَبْتُمْ
نَحْنُ وَهُمْ
Type your translation, then check it. Spelling and vowel marks are graded leniently.
We and thou (masc.)
You (masc.) and they (masc.)
He and she
They (fem.) and you (fem.)
Thou (fem.) and I
We and she
I and he
We have written
They (masc.) have written
He wrote
You (masc.) have written
Thou (fem.) hast written
I wrote
She wrote
Thou (masc.) wrotest
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