Breakdown of نحن مع الأستاذ هناك.
الal
the
هناكhunâka
there
أستاذustâdh
professor / teacher
نحنnahnu
we
معma'a
with
Questions & Answers about نحن مع الأستاذ هناك.
Does the pronoun نحن change if "we" is a group of women instead of men?
No, نحن (we) is gender-neutral! Unlike "they" or "you" (plural) in Arabic, which have specific masculine and feminine forms you will learn, نحن is used for any group of people speaking about themselves, whether they are all men, all women, or a mixed group.
Where is the word for "are" in this sentence?
In Arabic, there is no word for "am", "is", or "are" in the present tense. You just put the subject (نحن / we) and the information about it (مع الأستاذ هناك / with the professor there) right next to each other. The "are" is naturally understood.
How do I pronounce the end of نحن?
In formal Modern Standard Arabic, نحن is pronounced "nahnu", ending with a short "u" sound. However, in everyday spoken Arabic, people often drop that final vowel and just say "nahn". Since it is at the beginning of the sentence here, pronouncing it as "nahnu" is standard and perfectly correct.
I notice هناك means "there". How would I say "here"?
To say "here", you simply use هنا (huna). The added ك at the end of هناك (hunaak) is what pushes the meaning further away from you, changing "here" to "there".
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