Hadhaa - Demonstrative Pronoun in Arabic - Lesson 1

Principle of  هَذَا

— Demonstrative pronoun in Arabic is called ism isharah (اِسْمُ اَلْاِشَارَةِ).

— Demonstrative pronoun for near object    ( اِسْمُ اَلْاِشَارَةِ لِلْقَرِيْبِ )    ⇒  This.

— In Arabic, “this” is  hadha (هَذَا).  

— هَذَا  is for singular noun (مُفْرَد)  and  masculine noun (مُذَكَّر)

Sentence Examples using هَذَا  

This is a house : هَذَا بَيْتٌ

This is a mosque : هَذَا مَسْجِدٌ

This is a door : هَذَا بَابٌ

This is a book : هَذَا كِتَابٌ

This is a pen : هَذَا قَلَمٌ

This is a key : هَذَا مِفْتَاحٌ

This is a desk : هَذَا مَكْتَبٌ

This is a bed : هَذَا سَرِيْرٌ

This is a chair : هَذَا كُرْسِيٌّ

Interrogative Sentence using مَا  and  أَ  

— “What is this?” in Arabic ⇒ maa hadha?  ( مَا هَذَا؟)


— maa (مَا) in English ⇒ What

Usage of مَا : for asking irrational things or non-human, examples: non-living things, animals, plants, etc.

— Prefixing أَ  is for yes/no question in Arabic.

The answer is  yes (نَعَمْ)   or  no  (لاَ)

Sentence Example using  مَا هَذَا؟  and أَ

— What is this?
This is a house.

Translate them to Arabic:

مَا هَذَا؟
هَذَا بَيْبٌ


— Is this a house?
Yes, this is a house.

Say it in Arabic:

أَهَذَا بَيْتٌ؟
نَعَمْ, هَذَا بَيْتٌ


— What is this? This is a shirt.

We can say these sentences in Arabic:

مَا هَذَا؟  هَذَا قَمِيْصٌ


—  Is this a key? No, this is a pen

أَهَذَا مِفْتَاحٌ؟
لاَ, هَذَا قَلَمٌ

This is a video version of Arabic course Book 1 lesson 1

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لِغَيْرِ النَّاطِقِيْنَ بِهَا
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Durus al-lugha al-'arabiyya
lighairi an-naatiqiina bihaa

Arabic Course for non-arabic speaker (for English Student).
Volume 1
By:
Shaykh Dr. V. 'Abdur-Raheem

Islaamic University of Madeenah


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