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Learning the Egyptian Pronouns is very important because its structure is used in every day conversation. The more you master it the more you get closer to mastering the Egyptian language. But first we need to know what the role of Pronouns is in the structure of the grammar in Egyptian.
Egyptian pronouns include personal pronouns (refer to the persons speaking, the persons spoken to, or the persons or things spoken about), indefinite pronouns, relative pronouns (connect parts of sentences) and reciprocal or reflexive pronouns (in which the object of a verb is being acted on by verb's subject).
The pronouns in Egyptian are the most elaborated, since they have a masculine and feminine variant for the second person singular and plural, Also they have a dual variant denoting two persons. Here are some examples:
| English Pronouns | Egyptian Pronouns |
|---|---|
| Pronouns | damair - ضـَماير |
| I | ana - أنا |
| you | enet- eneti- eneto - إنت- إنتي- إنتو |
| he | ho - هو |
| she | hi - هي |
| we | ae7na - اِحْنا |
| they | hom - هُم |
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| him | |
| her | |
| us | |
| them | |
| my | ...i - ــــي |
| your | ...ak- ...ek-.. Ko - ــــَك- ــِــك- ــــكو |
| his | ...oh - ــــُه |
| her | ...ha - ــــها |
| our | ...na - ــــنا |
| their | ..hom - ــــهم |
| mine | beta3i - بتاعي |
| yours | beta3ak / beta3ek / beta3ekwa - بتاعَك/ بِتاعِك/ بتاعكوا |
| his | beta3oh - بِتاعُه |
| hers | beta3ha - بتاعْها |
| ours | beta3ena - بتاعنا |
| theirs | beta3hom - بتاعْهُم |
Notice the structure of the Pronouns in Egyptian.
Below is a list of the Personal pronouns, indefinite pronouns, relative pronouns, reciprocal or reflexive pronouns in Egyptian placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Egyptian vocabulary.
| English Pronouns | Egyptian Pronouns |
|---|---|
| I speak | batkalem - باتـْكَـلـِّم |
| you speak | betetkalem- betetkalemi- betetkalemwa - بتتـْكَـلـِّم- بتتـْكَـلـِّمي- بتتـْكَـلـِّموا |
| he speaks | bitkalem - بيتـْكَـلـِّم |
| she speaks | betetkalem - بتتـْكَـلـِّم |
| we speak | benetkalem - بنتـْكَـلـِّم |
| they speak | bitkalemwa - بيتـْكَـلـِّموا |
| give me | adini - اديني |
| give him | adih - اديه |
| give her | adiha - اديها |
| give us | adina - ادينا |
| give them | adihem - اديهم |
| my book | ketabi - كِتابي |
| your book | ketabak- ketabek- ketabekwa - كِتابَك- كِتابِك- كِتابكوا |
| his book | ketaboh - كِتابُه |
| her book | ketabha - كِتابـْها |
| our book | ketabena - كِتابنا |
| their book | ketabhom - كِتابْهُم |
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