Object Pronouns on Verbs

In Arabic an object pronoun is not a separate word: it is attached to the end of the verb. أحبه (I love him), رأيتهم (I saw them), ساعدني (help me).

• ـني me, ـكَ / ـكِ you, ـه him or it, ـها her or it
• ـكم you (plural), ـهم them

For me, a verb takes ـني, not ـي: the extra ن protects the verb (تعرفني, never تعرفي). Things are ـه or ـها according to their gender: الكتاب → وضعته, السيارة → بعتها.

The suffix works the same way on past, present and imperative forms, and after the future prefix سـ (سأنتظرك). A verb ending in ـوا drops its silent alif before the suffix: اسمعوا → اسمعوني.