If there is a definite word after the demonstrative pronoun, then it has much of the demonstrative pronoun and we translate it this etc.

this dog

هَذَا آلكَلْبُ

However, if there is an indefinite word after the demonstrative pronoun, we translate it this is etc.

this is a dog

هَذَا كَلْبٌ

SINGULAR
pronunciation female pronunciation male grammatical case
هٰذِهِ هٰذَا I
هٰذِهِ هٰذَا II
هٰذِهِ هٰذَا III
DUAL
pronunciation female pronunciation male grammatical case
هَاتَانِ هٰذَانِ I
هَاتَيْنِ هٰذَيْنِ II
هَاتَيٰنِ هٰذَيْنِ III
PLURAL
pronunciation female pronunciation male grammatical case
هَؤُلَاءِ هَؤُلَاءِ I
هَؤُلَاءِ هَؤُلَاءِ II
هَؤُلَاءِ هَؤُلَاءِ III
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