Arabic vocabulary
وَلَدَهُ is how you say “his son” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in real example sentences from classical texts below.
كَمَا قَدْ يُحِبُّ الرَّجُلُ وَلَدَهُ وَصَدِيقَهُ
Just as a man may love his son and his friend.
وَلَده — and his son. This bundles the linking wa- with a noun and a tail -hu, 'his', making 'and his son' the object of the loving. The suffix attaches the possessor directly to the noun, so ownership is built into the word rather than expressed by a separate word.
From: Faith and Worship →جَاءَ فِي بَعْضِ الْأَخْبَارِ أَنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى لَمَّا خَلَقَ آدَمَ وَوَلَدَهُ
Some reports say that when Allah the Exalted created Adam and his offspring.
وَوَلَدَهُ — and his offspring. This joins the linker 'wa-' to a noun that has '-hu' ('his') fused on, giving 'and his offspring'. The 'wa-' couples this second object onto Adam, and the noun stays in the object ending as the rest of what was created; the '-hu' points back to Adam.
From: The Four Inner Guards →وَظَنُّوا أَنَّ وَلَدَهُ يَتَغَيَّرُ عَلَيْهِ
And they thought that his son would change their minds about him.
وَلَدَهُ — his son. A noun with -hu fixing 'his' to it, the subject of the 'that' clause but wearing the object-style ending the emphasis-particle imposes on its subject. The 'his' points back to the man, marking the son as his.
From: Sheba's Garden and Destruction →OpenArabic teaches words like وَلَدَهُ through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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