Possessive pronouns have special forms only for the first and second person. There are no special possessive pronouns for the third person. Third person personal pronouns with the preposition [dA] دٌ are used instead.
|
Person |
Singular |
Plural |
|
First |
"my" - [zmaa] زْما |
"our" - [zmuGh] - زْمُوږ |
|
Second |
"your" - [staa] سْتا |
[staáse] - سْتاسی |
|
Third |
"his" - [da dA] د دٌه "her" - [da de] دَ دې |
"their" - [dA duy] دٌ دُوی |
Possessive pronouns can act:
a) as attributes to a noun. The possessive pronoun precedes the noun that it modifies. If that noun has several attributes, the possessive pronoun will always the first attribute.
"her house" - دٌ دې کُور
"my dear brother" - زما گْران وْرُور
b) as subjects in predicative phrases such as "I like", "I need", and others:
"I like this girl." - زما دَغَه پېغْلَه خوَښَه دَه .
"I need a friend." - زْما مَلْگٌرَی پٌکار دۍ .
c) in the predicate of a sentence, similar to the use of "mine" and "yours" in English.
"This chair - yours." - دَغَه چَوْکۍ سْتا دَه .
d) in combination with postpositions.
"with me" - زْما سَرَه
"from you" - سْتا څْخَه
"for me" - زْما دٌ پارَه .
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