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Arabic Independent Possessive Pronouns:

In Arabic the independent possessive pronoun is used to express “mine, yours, hers….”

Example: the book is mine: al kitab li الكتاب لي, the drink is ours: al mashroob lana المشروب لنا . The table below shows the independent possessive pronouns:

Arabic Independent Possessive Pronouns

Singular

Dual

Plural

Mine li لي

yours (sing masculine) lak لك

yours (singular feminine) laki لك

his lah له

hers laha لها

yours (dual male or female) lakumaa لكما

theirs (dual male or female) lahumaa لهما

Ours lana لنا

yours (plural masculine) lakum لكم

yours (plural feminine) lakun لكن

theirs (plural masculine) lahum لهم

theirs (plural feminine) lahun لهن

You can also use the word “milk” to form independent possessive, the word milk ملك means “property of” …, the book is mine (my property) = al kitaabu milki الكتاب ملكي, but I would suggest to use the pronouns on the table above which is easier and more used.

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