The genitive case marks possession. In English, we have possessive pronouns like “my” and “our”. Hindi does as well. Here is a list of possessive pronouns :<\/p>\n
my : \u092e\u0947\u0930\u093e<\/strong><\/p>\n our : \u0939\u092e\u093e\u0930\u093e<\/strong><\/p>\n your (familiar)(singular) : \u0924\u094b\u0930\u093e<\/strong><\/p>\n your (familiar)(plural) : \u0924\u0941\u092e\u094d\u0939\u093e\u0930\u093e<\/strong><\/p>\n your (singular)(polite) : –<\/p>\n your (plural)(polite) : \u0906\u092a\u0915\u093e<\/strong><\/p>\n his, hers, its : \u0909\u0938\u0915\u093e<\/strong><\/p>\n their : \u0909\u0928\u0915\u093e<\/strong><\/p>\n Let’s take a look at some examples:<\/p>\n my book : \u092e\u0947\u0930\u0940\u00a0\u0915\u093f\u0924\u093e\u092c<\/strong><\/p>\n my books : \u092e\u0947\u0930\u0940 \u0915\u093f\u0924\u093e\u092c\u0947\u0902<\/strong><\/p>\n my shirt : \u092e\u0947\u0930\u093e \u0915\u0941\u0930\u0924\u093e<\/strong><\/p>\n my\u00a0shirts : \u092e\u0947\u0930\u0947 \u0915\u0941\u0930\u0924\u0947<\/strong><\/p>\n With “my books” and “my book”, the only thing that changed was the plurality of the nouns. In other words, “my” was still \u092e\u0947\u0930\u0940 <\/strong>and only “book” \u0915\u093f\u0924\u093e\u092c <\/strong>and “books” \u0915\u093f\u0924\u093e\u092c\u0947\u0902 <\/strong>changed. However, this isn’t the case with “my shirt” and “my shirts”. The “my” in “my shirt” is \u092e\u0947\u0930\u093e<\/strong> and the “my” in\u00a0“my shirts” is\u00a0\u00a0\u092e\u0947\u0930\u0947<\/strong>. This is because in Hindi, pronouns, including possessive pronouns, assume the same gender and number as the nouns they modify. In the future, I think I’ll talk more about some of the rules that involve gender and number agreement.<\/p>\n For now, just know that \u0915\u093f\u0924\u093e\u092c <\/strong>(book) is a feminine noun and \u0915\u0941\u0930\u0924\u093e <\/strong>(shirt) is a masculine noun. Since \u0915\u093f\u0924\u093e\u092c <\/strong>(book) is a feminine noun, \u092e\u0947\u0930\u0940 <\/strong>(my) was used when the noun was singular, and since \u0915\u0941\u0930\u0924\u093e <\/strong>(shirt) is a masculine noun, \u092e\u0947\u0930\u093e <\/strong>(my) was used when the noun was singular. The feminine \u092e\u0947\u0930\u0940 <\/strong>contained a \u0930\u0940<\/strong> ending in the pronoun\u00a0while the masculine \u092e\u0947\u0930\u093e <\/strong>contained a \u0930\u093e<\/strong> ending in the pronoun. In the masculine plural, the pronoun will have a \u0930\u0947<\/strong> ending in the pronoun. Hence, \u092e\u0947<\/strong>\u00a0will be the only part of the pronoun that never changes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The genitive case marks possession. In English, we have possessive pronouns like “my” and “our”. Hindi does as well. Here is a list of possessive pronouns : my : \u092e\u0947\u0930\u093e our : \u0939\u092e\u093e\u0930\u093e your (familiar)(singular) : \u0924\u094b\u0930\u093e your (familiar)(plural) : \u0924\u0941\u092e\u094d\u0939\u093e\u0930\u093e your (singular)(polite) : – your (plural)(polite) : \u0906\u092a\u0915\u093e his, hers, its : \u0909\u0938\u0915\u093e their…<\/p>\n