Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Elementary Arabic Morphology 3 Demonstrative Pronouns What is a demonstrative pronoun? How many types of demonstrative pronouns are there? What are the demonstrative pronouns that are exclusive to places? A demonstrative pronoun is that which denotes a specific thing by pointing to it. There are three types of demonstrative pronouns: close, medium distance, and far. Refer to the second volume for the list of these pronouns.
The hā' is added to the close demonstrative pronouns in all cases, for example: هذا and to the feminine singular medium distance demonstrative pronoun, for example: هاتیک. There are four demonstrative pronouns that are exclusive to places: هنا (close), هناک (medium distance), and هنالِک و ثَمَّ (far). Previous Next