Possessive Pronouns स्वत्वात्माक सर्वनाम 2

 

मेरा पलंग meraa palang - My bed

That’s quite straight forward yeah? But it’s not always that easy! Let me show you a few different examples, read through them slowly and see if you can notice a pattern…

मेरी किताब meree kitaab - My Book

उसके आलू uske aloo - His Potatoes

तुम्हारी बहन tumhaaree bahan - Your Sister

हमारे समोसे hamaare samose - Our Samosas

This is why we say मेरा घर meraa ghar - My House because घर ghar - House is a Masculine word but we say मेरी किताब meree kitaab - My Book; because किताब kitaab - Book is a Feminine word! Can you see the difference? Do you understand why there is this difference? So let’s look at this in a bit more detail…

In the Singular Masculine Case:

मेरा घर meraa ghar - My House

आपका बेटा aapkaa betaa - Your Son 

For the Plural Masculine Case:

This is when the thing someone is 'owning’ is Masculine and there’s more than one of them! In this case we drop the आ -aa from the end of the Possessive Pronoun and add ए -e. Remember the noun being possessed must also be in its plural case. This is like the 'His Potatoes’ and 'Our Samosas’ example from above! Other examples are…

उनके केले unke kele - Their Bananas

 

मेरे कुत्ते mere kutte - My Dogs

For the Singular and Plural Feminine Case:

This is when the thing someone is Feminine! In this case, you drop the आ -aa from the end of the Possessive Pronoun and add ई-ee. This is the same in both the Singular and Plural case! This is just like in the 'My Book’ and 'Your Sister’ examples above! We can also say…

उसकी सड़ी uskee saree - Her Sari

मेरी चीज़ें meree ceezen - My Things