Exactly two, in the present

The dual ending

أنتما addresses two of any gender and takes تَـ...ـَانِ. هما for two males or a mixed pair takes يَـ...ـَانِ; for two females it takes تَـ...ـَانِ. هما itself has identical spelling in both uses.

أَنْتُمَا تَكْتُبَانِ

We still means we

Two speakers use نحن, with no separate dual first-person form. This lesson contrasts two other people with groups of three or more.

To write

you two: أَنْتُمَا تَكْتُبَانِ; they two (male or mixed pair): هُمَا يَكْتُبَانِ; they two (female pair): هُمَا تَكْتُبَانِ.

يَكْتُبُ

yaktubu — he writes

To study

you two: أَنْتُمَا تَدْرُسَانِ; they two (male or mixed pair): هُمَا يَدْرُسَانِ; they two (female pair): هُمَا تَدْرُسَانِ.

يَدْرُسُ

yadrusu — he studies

To open

you two: أَنْتُمَا تَفْتَحَانِ; they two (male or mixed pair): هُمَا يَفْتَحَانِ; they two (female pair): هُمَا تَفْتَحَانِ.

يَفْتَحُ

yaftaḥu — he opens

To enter

you two: أَنْتُمَا تَدْخُلَانِ; they two (male or mixed pair): هُمَا يَدْخُلَانِ; they two (female pair): هُمَا تَدْخُلَانِ.

يَدْخُلُ

yadkhulu — he enters

To go

you two: أَنْتُمَا تَذْهَبَانِ; they two (male or mixed pair): هُمَا يَذْهَبَانِ; they two (female pair): هُمَا تَذْهَبَانِ.

يَذْهَبُ

yadhhabu — he goes