POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS

 

 All  the possessive pronouns are divided into singular and plurals

 'di' is a singular

 'vi' is a plural marker.

           

 Neenu(i)                naadi(mini)            naavi(mine)

 Meem(we)             maadi(ours)           maavi(ours)

 Niivu(you)             niidi(yours)            niivi(yours)

 Miiru(you)             miidi(yours)           miivi(yours)

 Manam(our)          manadi(ours)          manavi(ours)

 WaaDu(he)            waaDidi(his)          waaDivi(his)

 Waanidi(his)          waanivi(his)

 Atanu(he)               atanidi(his)             atanivi(his)

 Aayana(he)            aayanadi(his)          ayanavi(his)

 Waaru(he)            waaridi(his)              waarivi(his)

 Adi(That)               daanidi(her)            daanivi (hers)

 Aame                     aamedi(hers)          aamevi(hers)

 AaviDa                  aaviDadi(hers)          aaviDavi(hers)

 Waaru(They)        waaridi(hers)          waarivi(hers)

 Adi(it)                     daanidi(its)              daanivi(its)

 VaaLLu(those)    waaLLadi(theirs)  waaLLavi(theirs)

Avi (those)          waaTidi(theirs)          waaTivi(theirs)

 

These possessive pronouns are used in two different sentences singulars and plurals unlike in English.

Ex:

  ii pustakam maadi     (This is our book)

  ii pustakaalu maavi   (These are our books)

 

In use of 'naa' and 'maa' , there are some restrictions as follows

 

usable                     :               not usable

 

Naa bharya                           maa bharya

Naa bharta                            maa bharta

Naa mogudu                          maa moguDu

maa aaviDa                            naa aaviDa

maa aayana                           naa aayana

maa amma+                           naa amma  

maa illu                                    naa illu

maa akka                                 naa akka

maa anna                                naa anna