Say who someone is

Use subject pronouns in simple identity sentences.

People, not past endings

أَنَا I; أَنْتَ you, one male; أَنْتِ you, one female; هُوَ he; هِيَ she; نَحْنُ we. The final vowel distinguishes أَنْتَ from أَنْتِ. In typing those forms, the t vowel is required.

أَنْتَ / أَنْتِ

anta / anti

Names and roles

طالب is a male student, طالبة a female student; معلّم a male teacher, معلّمة a female teacher. The speaker's role word agrees with their gender. Omit present-tense am/is in these simple sentences.

أنا طالبة / هو معلّم

More than one

أنتم addresses a male or mixed group; أنتنّ an all-female group. هم and هنّ mean they for the same groups; أنتما means you two and هما means they two. Groups here contain three or more people.