Otared Haidar - Arabic Pronouns and Prepositions

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Pronouns and prepositions are two essential parts of speech. Learning the grammatical rules of pronouns and prepositions is a preliminary task for anyone who is studying Arabic.

Practicing them to consolidate learning their types and functions is a task that continues for many subsequent stages. Most teachers and students of languages agree on considering pronouns as an area that will take lots of effort from both sides to master. In addition, the system of Arabic pronouns has its own distinctiveness such as having the dual system and the attachable pronouns. As for prepositions, my undergraduate students who are studying for a BA in Arabic and European Languages at Oxford University insist that prepositions are a tricky area to master in any new language and sometimes difficult to translate. This particularity of pronouns and prepositions is also viewed as a challenge by my graduate students studying at a more advanced level. Therefore, mastering pronouns and prepositions and acquiring the sufficient knowledge about their rules depend mainly on practicing them and these exactly are the main goals that this book aspires to achieve.

To give a thorough understanding of the subject and to allow the reader to acquire sufficient knowledge on this important area of Arabic grammar, the definition of pronoun and preposition draws on both their definitions in Arabic and English. Practice Makes Perfect: Arabic Pronouns and Prepositions covers all the areas that are related to the Arabic pronouns and prepositions. It has sufficient illustrative examples for all types of these two parts of speech and their forms and functions. In addition, it makes the learning process more productive and interesting by basing the learning on providing numerous exercises and texts to practice. The book is suitable for students in self-study courses as well as for students and teachers in courses and programs.

Pronouns constitute an essential part of speech that can substitute for a noun or a nominal phrase.

Pronouns are categorized according to their functions in the sentences: subject pronouns, possessive pronouns, object pronouns, prepositional pronouns, relative pronouns, and interrogative pronouns. In addition to being categorized according to their functions, Arabic pronouns are also classified according to their form into two types: separate pronouns and attached pronouns.

Subject pronouns are also called personal pronouns. The twelve subject pronouns are separate pronouns and they stand alone. The second and third subject pronouns include pronouns for dual, masculine, and feminine, as well as pronouns for plural feminine. There is no equivalent for it in Arabic.

The subject pronouns are:

Note that: Masculine predominates when it refers to a mixed group. Compare the following: There is no gender specification for the first person. There are no special duals for the first person. Duals for second person and third person have one form each, for both genders. Next page