Give me: the pronouns at the end of a word
You already know the possessive endings: "raasii" — my head, "zamiiluk" — your colleague. The same endings glue onto a verb and say WHOM the action touches: intazirnii — wait for me, aʿtinii — give me. One word instead of three. For example: “أعطني الماء, من فضلك” — Give me water, please. A rule from the Arabic course: worked out on examples, not memorized as a wording.
How it works
You already know the possessive endings: "raasii" — my head, "zamiiluk" — your colleague. The same endings glue onto a verb and say WHOM the action touches: intazirnii — wait for me, aʿtinii — give me. One word instead of three.
The endings are short: "-nii" — me/to me, "-ka" — you (m.), "-ki" — you (f.), "-hu" — him. Then "-haa" — her, "-naa" — us, "-kum" — you (pl.), "-hum" — them. They always close the word: nothing may follow them.
The prepositions take them too: laka — to you ("shukran laka" — thanks to you), "bii" — with me, "maʿanaa" — with us. Separate words for "to you" and "with me" are not needed.
One trap: the article and the ending do not live together — "my head" without "al-". But the verb and the ending are inseparable: a request, a verb and "me" assemble into one word.
Table
| word + ending | reading | meaning |
|---|---|---|
| أريد | uriid | I want |
| انتظرني | intazirnii | wait for me |
| أعطني | aʿtinii | give me |
| بيتها | baytuhaa | her house |
By example
- أعطني الماء, من فضلكаʿтыни аль-мааʾ, мин фадликGive me water, please
- شكرا لكшукран лякThank you
- انتظرني هناинтазирни хунаWait for me here
How the rule settles in your head
A rule is not memorized from an explanation. It is memorized from an attempt to use it and a mistake — that is why the app delivers it mixed in with words, not as a separate lesson: it resurfaces exactly where you forgot it.
Frequently asked
Object pronoun suffixes in Arabic?
You already know the possessive endings: "raasii" — my head, "zamiiluk" — your colleague. The same endings glue onto a verb and say WHOM the action touches: intazirnii — wait for me, aʿtinii — give me. One word instead of three.
How to say give me in Arabic?
You already know the possessive endings: "raasii" — my head, "zamiiluk" — your colleague. The same endings glue onto a verb and say WHOM the action touches: intazirnii — wait for me, aʿtinii — give me. One word instead of three.
The arabic verb suffix for me?
You already know the possessive endings: "raasii" — my head, "zamiiluk" — your colleague. The same endings glue onto a verb and say WHOM the action touches: intazirnii — wait for me, aʿtinii — give me. One word instead of three.
How to say wait for me in Arabic?
You already know the possessive endings: "raasii" — my head, "zamiiluk" — your colleague. The same endings glue onto a verb and say WHOM the action touches: intazirnii — wait for me, aʿtinii — give me. One word instead of three.
What does it look like in a Arabic example sentence?
“أعطني الماء, من فضلك” (аʿтыни аль-мааʾ, мин фадлик) — Give me water, please. A rule is easier to test on sentences like this than to memorize as a wording: what surfaces in conversation is the sentence.