أنتِ
antito a woman, standard
To say "you" to a girl or woman in Arabic, use أنتِ (anti). Many dialects say إنتي (inti). For a man the word is أنتَ (anta), which is why Arabic needs to know who you are talking to.
Meaning: second person pronoun for a woman (phrase)
Ways to say it
| Arabic | Romanization | Note |
|---|---|---|
| أنتِ | anti | to a woman, standard |
| إنتي | inti | to a woman, colloquial |
How does it change in a sentence?
As an ending on a verb or noun, "you" to a woman is -كِ (-ki), as in لكِ (laki) "to you" and عندكِ (ʿindaki) "you have". For a man it is -كَ (-ka).
How do you pronounce it?
The two forms differ only in a final vowel, short i for a woman and short a for a man. In informal writing the vowels are not shown, so context matters.
Did you know?
- Plural "you" has its own words as well: أنتم (antum) for men or mixed groups and أنتن (antunna) for women only, although many dialects drop the female plural.
Examples in context
- أنتِ جميلةanti jamīlaYou are beautiful
- إنتي فين؟inti fēn?Where are you?
Example conversation
Hind asks her friend Layla where she is, in a phone call in Cairo.
- Hindليلى، إنتي فين؟Laylā, inti fēn?Layla, where are you?
- Laylaأنا في الطريق.Ana fi ṭ-ṭarīq.I am on the way.
- Hindتمام، مستنياكي.Tamām, mistanniyāki.Okay, I am waiting for you.
