Below is a list of possessive pronouns in Hindi:
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Personal |
Possessive |
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मैं maiN 'I' |
मेरा meraa 'my' |
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हम ham 'we' |
हमारा hamaaraa 'our' |
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तू tuu 'you' |
तेरा teraa 'your' |
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तुम tum 'you' आप aap 'you' |
तुम्हारा tumhaaraa 'your' आपका aapkaa 'your' |
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यह yeh 'she, he, it' वह vo 'she, he, it' |
इसका iskaa 'her, his, its' उसका uskaa 'her, his, its' |
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ये ye 'they' वे ve 'they' |
इनका inkaa 'their' उनका unkaa 'their' |
The possessive pronouns which are composed of the oblique personal pronoun and the postposition का kaa can also be written as two words: आप का aap kaa, इस का is kaa, उस का us kaa, इन का in kaa, उन का un kaa.
Possessive pronouns always agree with nouns they qualify. They inflect for gender, number, and case in the same way as declinable adjectives.
Ex: मेरी माता merii maataa 'my mother'
तुम्हारे कमरे tumhaare kamre 'your rooms'
इस के भाई के साथ is ke* bhaaii ke saath 'with his/her brother'
आपकी कुरसी पर aapkii* kursii par 'on your chair'
*The postposition का kaa agrees with the word it qualifies in gender, number, and case.
The possessive pronoun अपना apnaa
अपना apnaa 'one's own' is a special pronoun. It always agrees with the noun it qualifies, and inflects for gender, number, and case in the same way as declinable adjectives. In a sentence, it functions as the equivalent of English possessive pronouns when the thing which is possessed belongs to the subject of the verb.
Compare:
वह अपनी गाड़ी चलाता है। vo apnii gaaRii calaataa hai. He drives his (own) car.
वह उस की गाड़ी चलाता है। vo us kii gaaRii calaataa hai. He drives his (someone else's) car.
How अपना apnaa is translated will depend on who it refers to.
Compare:
मैं उस को अपनी किताबें देता हूँ।
maiN us ko apnii kitaabeN detaa huuN.
'I give him my books.'
वह मुझे अपनी किताबें देता है।
vo mujhe apnii kitaabeN detaa hai.
'He gives me his books.'
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