A first week at work · Avoiding subject pronouns before owned nouns

Avoiding subject pronouns before owned nouns in context, with bilingual examples and practice.

Application goal: Avoiding subject pronouns before owned nouns.

My, your, his, her, our and their come before nouns to show ownership. Her describes a female owner, not the gender of the object.

Context: A first week at work. Identify the wording that achieves this goal, then adapt the details to a situation of your own.

Practical examples

The new employees collect their passes.

يستلم الموظفون الجدد بطاقاتهم.

One employee cannot find his locker.

لا يستطيع أحد الموظفين العثور على خزانته.

His colleague shows him the correct door.

يريه زميله الباب الصحيح.

Check your understanding

1. Choose the closest Arabic meaning of this expression: The new employees collect their passes.
2. Choose the English expression that matches this meaning: يريه زميله الباب الصحيح.