Speaking to a group

Practise -tum and -tunna for you, addressing three or more people.

The idea

Use antum and -tum for a male or mixed group. Use antunna and -tunna for an all-female group. These plural forms refer to three or more people; exactly two has its own form later. Do not drop the doubled n in -tunna.

كَتَبَ

kataba — he wrote

antum — you (male or mixed group)

-tum addresses a male or mixed group of three or more.

كَتَبْتُمْ

katabtum — you (male or mixed group) wrote

antunna — you (female group)

-tunna addresses three or more females. The n is doubled.

كَتَبْتُنَّ

katabtunna — you (female group) wrote