LessonsThe indeclinable noun: definition, rule and eight classesQuiz

جَاءَ هَؤُلَاءِ. — These people came.
Hāʾulāʾi: demonstrative, built on kasra, in nominative position as subject.

رَأَيْتُ هَؤُلَاءِ. — I saw these people.
Hāʾulāʾi: in accusative position as object.

مَرَرْتُ بِهَؤُلَاءِ. — I passed by these people.
After bi-, it is in genitive position.

Its ending remains unchanged in all three.

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The indeclinable noun: definition, rule and eight classes

جَاءَ هَؤُلَاءِ. — These people came.
Hāʾulāʾi: demonstrative, built on kasra, in nominative position as subject.

رَأَيْتُ هَؤُلَاءِ. — I saw these people.
Hāʾulāʾi: in accusative position as object.

مَرَرْتُ بِهَؤُلَاءِ. — I passed by these people.
After bi-, it is in genitive position.

Its ending remains unchanged in all three.