Demonstrative

أسماء الإشارة

The demonstrative pronoun

                                                     

Arabic demonstratives change in gender and number (singular, dual or plural referring to persons) according to the noun.

Used it to refer to objects that are closer

	Masculine	Feminine
Third person	هــَــذا This (Masc. singular) is used for the masculine noun “Use it for human or non human”.	هــَــذِه This is used for the feminine noun (Fem. single) is used for the feminine irrational noun (Fem. single) is used for Irrational (non human ) beings plural (Masc. or Fem).	He, it / She, it      (singular) Use (هــَــذِه) for  they  (Irrational, masc. or fem.) (plural)
	هــَــذَان These (Masc. Dual) is used for the masculine noun	هــَـــاتــَـــان These (Fem. Dual) It is used for the feminine noun two	They (dual)
	هــَــؤلاءِ These (Masc. or Fem.) It is used for the masculine nouns and feminine noun. It must however be remembered that it is used only for human beings and not for non human beings	هــَــؤلاءِ These (Masc. or Fem.) It is used for the masculine nouns and feminine noun. It must however be remembered that it is used only for human beings and not for non human beings	They (plural)

 

Exception
We said that demonstratives change according to the noun (singular or dual or plural referring to persons)

Arabic uses the singular feminine form (هذه) to describe non-human plural, translation to English must be correct (these)

Ex
هذه بيوت these (are) homes.
هذه قلوب these (are )hearts.

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Pronunciation

In Arabic, demonstrative pronouns have some hidden letters are pronounced but not written.
You should consider this in pronunciation to these pronouns.

1. هذا = this, Is written like (هذا) hathaa but pronounced like (هاذا) haathaa
2. هذه = this (for feminine), Is written like (هذه) hathehe but pronounced like (هاذه) haathehe
3. هؤلاء = these / those, Is written like (هؤلاء) ha'olaa'a but pronounced like (هاؤلاء) haa'olaa'a
   
   

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