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
