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Personal pronoun (الضمير الشخصي): A pronoun used to refer to a specific person or thing, often replacing a noun to avoid repetition. Examples include “I,” “you,” “he,” “she,” “it,” “we,” and “they.”

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How to Say “Me” in Arabic: A Guide to Accusative Pronouns (like إِيّايَ)

While rare in everyday speech, Arabic expresses "me" (إِيّايَ) and other direct/indirect objects using specific accusative (مَنْصُوب) and genitive (مَجْرُور) forms of personal pronouns, such as إِيّاهُ ("him") or إِيّاكَ ("you"). This article illustrates these literary constructions and their applications, including the Quranic phrase إِيّاكَ نَعْبُدُ (Thee alone we worship).
April 9, 2016
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