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هادا

Demonstrative pronouns (close things)

This and these, for something right in front of you

"This" and "these", for pointing at something near you. Which one you use follows the gender of the noun.

Keywords

  • functional
  • functional
  • functional

Put one in front of an indefinite noun and you have a whole sentence. There's no word for "is" in Arabic — nothing goes between the two words.

Phrases

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Comments (1)

  1. لويس ·

    I have a bit of an issue with spelling, not just in this course, but in others as well: one often oscillates between preserving MSA spelling (ثلاثة) and changing letters that have merged (تلاتة). Furthermore, often similar letters are substituted for each other, as seen above with سيارات, originally taught as صيارات. Somebody please explain, I'm very lost 😭 xo

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