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نحن
نحن
Arabic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnaħ.nu/
Pronoun
نَحْنُ • (naḥnu) m pl, f pl (enclitic form ـنَا (-nā))
- we (subject pronoun)
See also
Arabic personal pronouns
| Isolated pronouns | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | ||
| 1st person | أَنَا (ʾanā) | نَحْنُ (naḥnu) | ||
| 2nd person | m | أَنْتَ (ʾanta) | أَنْتُمَا (ʾantumā)* | أَنْتُمْ (ʾantum) |
| f | أَنْتِ (ʾanti) | أَنْتُنَّ (ʾantunna)* | ||
| 3rd person | m | هُوَ (huwa) | هُمَا (humā)* | هُمْ (hum) |
| f | هِيَ (hiya) | هُنَّ (hunna)* | ||
| Enclitic pronouns | ||||
| singular | dual | plural | ||
| 1st person | ـنِي (-nī)/ـي (-ī)/ـيَ (-ya)** | ـنَا (-nā) | ||
| 2nd person | m | ـكَ (-ka) | ـكُمَا (-kumā) | ـكُم (-kum) |
| f | ـكِ (-ki) | ـكُنَّ (-kunna) | ||
| 3rd person | m | ـهُ (-hu)/ـهِ (-hi)*** | ـهُمَا (-humā)/ـهِمَا (-himā)*** | ـهُم (-hum)/ـهِم (-him)*** |
| f | ـهَا (-hā) | ـهُنَّ (-hunna)/ـهِنَّ (-hinna)*** | ||
| * Modern Standard Arabic avoids these pronouns, though they are used in Classical Arabic. ** Specifically, ـنِي (-nī) 'me' is attached to verbs, but ـي (-ī)/ـيَ (-ya) 'my' is attached to nouns. In the latter case, ـيَ (-ya) is attached to nouns whose construct state ends in a long vowel or diphthong (e.g. in the sound masculine plural and the dual), while ـي (-ī) is attached to nouns whose construct state ends in a short vowel, in which case that vowel is elided (e.g. in the sound feminine plural, as well as the singular and broken plural of most nouns). Furthermore, -ū of the masculine sound plural is assimilated to -ī before ـيَ (-ya) (presumably, -aw of masculine defective -an plurals is similarly assimilated to -ay). Prepositions use ـي (-ī)/ـيَ (-ya), even though in this case it has the meaning of "me" (rather than "my"). The "sisters of inna" can use either form (e.g. إِنَّنِي (innanī) or إِنِّي (innī)), but the longer form (e.g. إِنَّنِي (innanī)) is usually preferred. *** ـهُـ (-hu-) occurs after the vowels ending in u or a (-a, -ā, -u, -ū, -aw), while ـهِـ (-hi-) occurs after vowels ending in i (-i, -ī, -ay). | ||||
Usage notes
As Arabic does not use dual forms in the first person, نَحْنُ (naḥnu) is used in cases where there are two people involved in addition to the usual three or more required for plural number.
Etymology 2
Verb
نَحْنُ • (naḥnu) (form I)
- first-person plural non-past active jussive of حَنَا (ḥanā)
- first-person plural non-past active jussive of حَنَى (ḥanā)
Verb
نُحْنَ • (nuḥna) (form I)