Lesson #37: Possessive Pronouns
Can you remember back to Lesson #15? In that lesson we learned all about Hindi pronouns. These are words like ‘I’, 'He’, 'You’, 'They’, etc etc. If your memory has slipped then feel free to head back to that Lesson #15!
In today’s lesson we’re going to learn Hindi Possessive Pronouns. These are very similar to Pronouns but they are used to show Possession - to show that someone owns something!In English Possessive Pronouns are words like 'My’, 'His’, 'Their’, 'Your’. I’m sure your familiar with them! Possessive Pronouns are very common so it’s super important to know them!
Unfortunately though, Hindi Possessive Pronouns have a little catch which we’ll see next time in Possessive Pronouns Part 2 (Don’t worry about that for now!).
Let me show you a couple of examples first and then we’ll see the whole list of Possessive Pronouns. Just try and absorb each example, they’re all very straightforward! So are you ready to go?
मेरा कमरा meraa kamraa - My Room
आपका शब्दकोश aapkaa shabdkosh - Your Dictionary
उसका दरवाज़ा uskaa darvaazaa - His Door
Can you follow those examples? The Possessive Pronouns work in a very similar way to English ones! So are you ready to see the full list of Hindi Possessive Pronouns? अच्छा acchaa - great! Deep breathe in, here goes…
First Person Singular
मेरा meraa My
First Person Plural
हमारा hamaaraa Our
Second Person Singular
तेरा teraa Your (Very Informal)
Second Person Plural
आपका aapkaa Your (Formal)
तुम्हारा tumhaaraa Your (Informal)
If you don’t remember or aren’t sure of the differences between the 3 different types of the word 'you’ in Hindi, then head back to Lesson #15!
Third Person Singular
इसका iskaa His / Her / Its (Near)
उसका uskaa His / Her / Its (Far)
Third Person Plural
इनका inkaa Their (Near) or His / Her (Formal)
उनका unkaa Their (Far) or His / Her (Formal)
The difference between इसका iskaa and उसका uskaa is exactly the same as the difference between यह yeh and वह voh as we saw in Lesson #15. Similarly the difference between इनका inkaa and उनका unkaa is the smae as the difference between ये ye and वे ve!
Does that make sense? Leave a comment below if you have any questions! Let’s see a few more examples for today then, this time try and understand why we’re using the word we do! In our last two examples we’re going to put our newly learnt Possessive Pronouns into full sentences (Using some knowledge from Lesson #44)!
उनका केला unkaa kelaa - Their Banana
तुम्हारा खाना गर्म है tumhaaraa khaanaa garm hai - Your food is hot
हमारा बग़ीचा बड़ा है hamaaraa bageecaa baraa hai - Our Garden is big
Don’t worry if you’re a little confused with the last two, just make sure you can spot the Possessive Pronouns!
Unfortunately though, there’s a big catch with these Possessive Pronouns that I haven’t told you about yet. This is what makes Possessive Pronouns a little harder than English ones! Have no fear though because we will cover this in Lesson #40 Possessive Pronouns Part 2 so be sure to head there now and learn all about it!
