البشر يعيشون هنا.

Here البشر means humans / humankind in a broad sense.

It is a more species-level word than everyday people. So in this sentence, it refers to human beings in general, not necessarily a specific group of people already mentioned.

A rough comparison:

• البشر = humans, humankind
• الناس = people

In Arabic, the definite article الـ is often used to talk about a whole class or species in a general way.

So:

• البشر = humanity / humans in general
• not necessarily the humans in a narrow, specific English sense

This is very normal in Arabic. English and Arabic do not always use definiteness the same way.

Because the subject is understood as a plural group: humans.

The ending -ون marks third person masculine plural, so يعيشون means they live.

Since البشر comes first in this sentence, Arabic uses full agreement:

• البشر يعيشون هنا = subject first, so the verb is plural

Yes. That is also correct.

The two common patterns are:

• البشر يعيشون هنا
  Subject first → the verb agrees fully in the plural

• يعيش البشر هنا
  Verb first → in standard Arabic, the verb is often singular masculine with a plural subject after it

So both can mean Humans live here, but the grammar pattern changes with word order.

Yes. يعيشون already includes a built-in subject marker:

• -ون = they (masculine plural)

But Arabic often uses both:

• the verb shows agreement
• the noun names the subject clearly

So البشر يعيشون is perfectly normal. It is like saying:

• Humans — they live here

In natural English we usually would not repeat this, but Arabic often does.

In Modern Standard Arabic, the masculine plural is the default form for:

• mixed groups
• general groups
• groups where gender is unspecified

So يعيشون does not mean only male humans. It can refer to humans in general.

It is the imperfect form, which can express:

• simple present: live
• present continuous: are living

The exact English translation depends on context. In this sentence, the most natural translation is:

• Humans live here

هنا means here, and it works as an adverb of place.

So you do not need a preposition before it.

This is natural:

• البشر يعيشون هنا = Humans live here

Arabic often puts place expressions after the verb phrase, but the order can change for emphasis.

Yes. Arabic word order is fairly flexible.

For example:

• البشر يعيشون هنا
• هنا يعيش البشر
• هنا البشر يعيشون
  (less neutral, more emphatic/stylistic)

The most straightforward version here is البشر يعيشون هنا.

It is pronounced al-bashar.

The ل of الـ is pronounced normally here because ب is a moon letter, not a sun letter.

So:

• البشر = al-bashar
• not ab-bashar

With full case endings, it would be:

البشرُ يعيشون هنا.

A rough pronunciation is:

al-basharu yaʿīshūna hunā

Notes:

• البشرُ is nominative because it is the subject
• يعيشون = they live
• هنا = here

In normal everyday writing, those case endings are usually not written, so you usually see: البشر يعيشون هنا

They are similar, but not identical.

• البشر focuses on human beings as a species
• الناس means people in a more everyday, social sense

So:

• البشر يعيشون هنا = Humans live here
• الناس يعيشون هنا = People live here

Both are possible, but البشر sounds broader and more general.