they no longer have gender differentiation of the second and third person in the plural forms. However, pre-Hilalian dialects retain seven personal pronouns since gender differentiation of the second person in the singular form is absent as well. Example: « ḥatta ana/ana tani. » — "Me too." Example: « Rani hna. » — "I'm here." and « Waš rak. » "How are you." to both males and females. Possessive pronouns Dar means house. Example : « dar-na. » — "Our house" (House-our) Possessives are frequently combined with taε "of, property" : dar taε-na — "Our house.", dar taε-kum ...etc. Singular: taε-i = my or mine taε-ek = your or yours (m, f) taε-u = his taε-ha = hers Plural: taε-na = our or ours taε-kum = your or yours (m, f) taε-hum = their or theirs (m, f) "Our house" can be Darna or Dar taε-na, which is more like saying 'house of ours'. Taε can be used in other ways just like in English in Spanish. You can say Dar taε khuya, which means 'house of my brother' or 'my brother's house'. Interrogative pronouns Verbal pronouns Examples: « šuft-ni. » — "You saw me." (You.saw-me) « qetl-u. » — "He killed him." (He.killed-him) « kla-h. » — "He ate it." (He.ate-it) Demonstratives Unlike Classical Arabic, Algerian Arabic has no dual and uses the plural instead. The demonstrative (Hadi) is also used for "it is". Sample text Auguste Moulieras's Les fourberies de si Djeh'a. The text below was translated from Kabyle language. French loanwords Algerian Arabic contains numerous French loanwords. (v)=verb See also Varieties of Arabic Maghrebi Arabic Moroccan Arabic Tunisian Arabic Hassaniya Arabic Libyan Arabic Languages of Algeria References Languages of Algeria Arabic languages Maghrebi Arabic