135 Grammar: بتاع “belonging to”

Another way to express ownership

You have learned the اضافة or “possessive contruct” to indicate possession.

<spandir=”rtl” lang=”ar”>بيت الطالب                =          the house of the student

The words bitaa3 (male singular) bitaa3a (female singular) bituu3 (pl) are another way to express ownership

بتاع       بتاعة       بتوع

the house of the student                                                                 البيت بتاع الطالب

The same suffixes you know as pronominal suffixes can also be applied to this word.

my house                                                             بتاعي

her house                                                            بتاعتها

 

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