Gulf Arabic Grammar:
Personal Pronoun Suffixes.

Rush hour traffic in the city of Abu Dhabi, UAE These are the same as the possessive pronouns with the exception of the form for "I, me, myself, etc" which is ني –ni.

In the following examples only one person is addressed:

عطي
^aTi! – Give.
عطيني
^aTiini – Give (to) me.
عطيها
^aTiiha – Give (to) her.
عطينا
^aTiina – Give (to) us.


In the following examples two or more people are addressed:

عطوني
^aTuuni! – Give (to) me.
عطوهم
^aTuuhum! – Give (to) them.

Here's an example with another verb:

خذ
xudh! – Take!
خذني
xudhni – Take me.
خذني وياك
xudhni wiyyaak – Take me with you.

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