A Hundred and One Rules in Arabic Grammar!

  1. The noun  نـَفسُ  =====================

The noun  نـَفسُ  is feminine and means "soul." If you use it before another noun it will create Idaafa and change its meaning to "same."

**يأکلُ دائما ً في نفس ِ المطعم ِ.**

He always eats at the same restaurant.

If it follows a noun, it should carry a corresponding pronoun reference to that noun and its case as well. Its function becomes emphatic.

**قابلتُ المُراسِلَ نـَفسَهُ.**

I met the correspondant, himself.