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Gulf Arabic Grammar - Possessive Pronouns with '-maal'

There’s another way to form a possessive: by using a definite masculine noun (a noun with al- in front) plus maali, maalik, maalich, maalah, maalha, maalna, maalkum, maalhum. For feminine nouns, you would use maalti, maaltik, maaltich, maaltah, maalatha, maalatna, maalatkum, maalathum.

Examples:
kitaabi – my book (notice that you don’t use the definite article il-)
il-kitaab maali – my book (It could also mean “The blearn arabic Abu Dhabiook is mine”.)
hay l-kitaab maali. – Here’s my book.

maktabna – our office
il-maktab maalna – our office (It could also mean “The office is ours.”)
l-maktab maalna ba3eed. Our office is far away.

thallaajat-ha – her refrigerator
ith-thallaja maalatha – her refrigerator, her fridge (It could also mean “The fridge is hers.”)
hay ith-thallaaja maalatha. – Here’s her fridge.

Notice that if you don’t use il-, and say, for example, maktab maalna this would mean “an office of ours” (one of several). kitaab maali – a book of mine.


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