LessonsComplete Paradigms of the Hollow Yāʾ Verb: Bāʿa–YabīʿuQuiz

Every complete paradigm uses fourteen fixed positions: six third-person, six second-person, and two first-person forms. The same order governs the perfect and imperfect, active and passive.

PronounReference
هُوَHe
هُمَا (م)Two males
هُمْMale plural
هِيَShe
هُمَا (ف)Two females
هُنَّFemale plural
أَنْتَYou, male
أَنْتُمَا (م)You two, masculine
أَنْتُمْYou, male plural
أَنْتِYou, female
أَنْتُمَا (ف)You two, feminine
أَنْتُنَّYou, female plural
أَنَاI
نَحْنُWe

Both third-person dual categories refer to two people, but the feminine category has its own verbal marking. Where surface forms coincide, the pronoun and context identify the person.

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The Fourteen Pronoun Positions

Complete Paradigms of the Hollow Yāʾ Verb: Bāʿa–Yabīʿu

Every complete paradigm uses fourteen fixed positions: six third-person, six second-person, and two first-person forms. The same order governs the perfect and imperfect, active and passive.

PronounReference
هُوَHe
هُمَا (م)Two males
هُمْMale plural
هِيَShe
هُمَا (ف)Two females
هُنَّFemale plural
أَنْتَYou, male
أَنْتُمَا (م)You two, masculine
أَنْتُمْYou, male plural
أَنْتِYou, female
أَنْتُمَا (ف)You two, feminine
أَنْتُنَّYou, female plural
أَنَاI
نَحْنُWe

Both third-person dual categories refer to two people, but the feminine category has its own verbal marking. Where surface forms coincide, the pronoun and context identify the person.