When a personal pronoun is the direct object of a verb, it is attached to the verb as a suffix. Using وَجَدَ "he found," learn وَجَدَنِي "he found me," وَجَدَكَ "he found thee," and so on. The object suffixes are the same as the possessive suffixes, EXCEPT the first person, which is نِي "me" (object) versus ـِي "my" (possession).
Conjugations: "To Have"
| Person | Singular | Plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | Transliteration | English | Arabic | Transliteration | English | |
| First Person | وَجَدَنِي | wajadanii | he found me | وَجَدَنَا | wajadanaa | he found us |
| Second Person (Masculine) | وَجَدَكَ | wajadaka | he found thee (m.) | وَجَدَكُمْ | wajadakum | he found you (m.) |
| Second Person (Feminine) | وَجَدَكِ | wajadaki | he found thee (f.) | وَجَدَكُنَّ | wajadakunna | he found you (f.) |
| Third Person (Masculine) | وَجَدَهُ | wajadahu | he found him / it | وَجَدَهُمْ | wajadahum | he found them (m.) |
| Third Person (Feminine) | وَجَدَهَا | wajadahaa | he found her / it | وَجَدَهُنَّ | wajadahunna | he found them (f.) |
Vocabulary
Why do words end with “-un”?
The -un ending is called tanween (nunation). It marks indefinite nouns — similar to “a/an” in English.
كِتَابٌ (kitaabun) = a bookvsكِتَاب (kitaab) = book (base word)
To find the base word, simply remove the final “-un” sound (the double-stacked damma بٌ on the last letter).
وَجَدَ
wajada
to find (he found)
ـنِي
-nii
me (object suffix, 1st person)
ـِي
-ii
my (possessive suffix, 1st person)
وَجَدَنِي
wajadanii
he found me
بَيْتِي
baytii
my house (compare: object نِي vs possessive ـِي)
Translate from Arabic to English
1.
وَجَدَنِي
2.
وَجَدَكَ
3.
وَجَدَهَا
4.
وَجَدَهُمْ
5.
وَجَدَنَا
6.
وَجَدَكُنَّ
7.
وَجَدَهُ فِي بُسْتَانِي
8.
وَجَدَنِي فِي بَيْتِي
Translate from English to Arabic
1.
he found me
2.
he found thee (masc.)
3.
he found him
4.
he found her
5.
he found us
6.
he found them (masc.)
7.
he found them (fem.)
8.
he found you (masc.)
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