اللذان

Relative pronouns often follow a noun, so it's important to correctly identify if the noun is singular, dual, or plural, and its gender, to choose the right relative pronoun.

Arabic relative pronouns must agree in gender with the noun they refer to. 'اللذان' is masculine.

Arabic relative pronouns must agree in number (singular, dual, plural) with the noun they refer to. 'اللذان' is dual.

Often confused with 'اللذان' because both are relative pronouns and sound similar, but 'الذين' is plural.

'الذين' is used for masculine plural. 'اللذان' is for masculine dual.

الطلاب الذين نجحوا سعداء. (The students who succeeded are happy.)

Similar in structure and function, but 'اللتان' is for feminine dual.

'اللتان' is for feminine dual. 'اللذان' is for masculine dual.

الطالبتان اللتان نجحتا سعيدتان. (The two female students who succeeded are happy.)

Both are relative pronouns. 'التي' is singular, 'اللذان' is dual.

'التي' is for feminine singular. 'اللذان' is for masculine dual.

البنت التي قرأت الكتاب ذكية. (The girl who read the book is smart.)

Similar in form and function, but 'الذي' is singular.

'الذي' is for masculine singular. 'اللذان' is for masculine dual.

الرجل الذي تحدثت معه طيب. (The man with whom I spoke is kind.)

Both refer to two masculine entities, but 'هذان' is a demonstrative pronoun (these two), not a relative pronoun.

'هذان' means 'these two' (masculine). 'اللذان' means 'who/which/that' (masculine dual relative pronoun).

هذان الكتابان مفيدان. (These two books are useful.)