Arabic vocabulary
How to say “they are” in Arabic, with pronunciation and real example sentences from OpenArabic texts.
فَوَجَدْنَا الْعُلَمَاءَ رَحِمَهُمُ اللهُ تَعَالَى قَدِ اخْتَلَفُوا فِيهَا، فَقِيلَ هِيَ سَبْعٌ وَاحْتَجُّوا بِقَوْلِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالَى عَلَيْهِ وَعَلَى آلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ اجْتَنِبُوا السَّبْعَ الْمُوبِقَاتِ
We found the scholars, may Allah have mercy on them, differed regarding them. It was said they are seven, citing the Prophet's saying: 'Avoid the seven destructive sins'.
هِيَ — they are. A standalone subject pronoun, feminine plural in sense, 'they (are)', spelled out as the subject of the verbless claim that follows. It points back to the sins.
From: What Small Worship Erases →وَهِىَ تَقُولُ فَعَلَ اللَّهُ بِفُلَانٍ وَفَعَلَ
And she said, "Allah did something to so-and-so, and did..."
وَهْىَ — and she. The wa- ('and') opens a clause describing the woman's state, and the standalone pronoun 'she' is its subject, restated for clarity. It points back to the woman who entered, setting up what she was doing.
From: Aisha Cleared of Slander →OpenArabic teaches words like هِىَ through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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