Possessive Pronouns and Gender & Number in Hindi

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In our today's post, we shall cover a detailed explanation of Possessive Pronouns ((वयक्तिवाचक सर्वनाम). जिस Pronoun का प्रयोग अधिकार दिखाने के लिए किया जाता है, उसे Possessive Pronoun कहते हैं |

Unlike English, in Hindi the possessive pronoun changes depending on what is being owned. These pronouns changes when the gender and number of the object being possessed change, and not with the possessor of the object. All nouns in Hindi have a gender, either Masculine or Feminine. All possessive pronouns have three forms depending on whether it is singular masculine, feminine singular or plural, or masculine plural.

Note that in Hindi, the possessive pronouns reflect the gender of the thing possessed rather than the gender of the possessor. This is different than in English, where the possessive pronouns "his" and "her" reflect the gender of the possessor. For example, in the Hindi phrase उसकी माता you cannot tell if it means "his mother" or "her mother"; the possessive pronoun is feminine to reflect the gender of माता.

मेरा (mera) - singular masculine

मेरी (meri) - feminine singular & plural

मेरे (mere) - masculine plural

मेरा कमरा (mera kamara) – my room. {Here, कमरा is a masculine singular noun, hence मेरा}

मेरा घर (mera ghar) – my house. {घर is a masculine singular noun, hence मेरा}

मेरी किताब (meri kitaab) – my book. {किताब is a feminine singular noun, hence मेरी}

मेरी किताबें (meri kitaabem) – my books. {किताबें is a feminine plural noun, hence मेरी}

मेरे घर (mere ghar) - my houses.{घर is the same for masculine plural, hence मेरे}

        

                                

    

        

Let us see more examples:

• तुम्हारी बिल्ली (tumhari billi) – your cat. {बिल्ली is a feminine singular noun, hence तुम्हारी}
• इसका बेटा (iska beta) – his son. {बेटा is a masculine singular noun, hence इसका}
• आपकी बेटियाँ (aapki betiyam) – your daughters. (बेटियाँ a feminine plural noun, hence आपकी}
• मेरे कमरे (mere kamre) – my rooms. {कमरे is masculine plural, hence मेरे}
• तुम्हारा खाना (tumhara khaana) – your food. {खाना is masculine singular, hence तुम्हारा}
• तुम्हारी किताब (tumhari kitaab) – your book. {किताब is a feminine singular noun, hence तुम्हारी }
• उसका कुत्ता (uska kutta) – his dog. {कुत्ता is masculine singular, hence उसका}

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