{"id":95,"date":"2021-01-05T20:25:02","date_gmt":"2021-01-05T20:25:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ibooks.braou.ac.in\/aaohindiseekhein\/chapter\/grammar_apostrophe-s-s-in-hindi\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T10:11:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T10:11:06","slug":"grammar_apostrophe-s-s-in-hindi","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/ibooks.braou.ac.in\/aaohindiseekhein\/chapter\/grammar_apostrophe-s-s-in-hindi\/","title":{"raw":"3.6 Apostrophe \"S\" ('s) in Hindi","rendered":"3.6 Apostrophe &#8220;S&#8221; (&#8216;s) in Hindi"},"content":{"raw":"<h2>Apostrophe \"<em>S\"<\/em> Video<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>Instructor Video: <a href=\"https:\/\/mediaspace.msu.edu\/media\/Chapter+3_Apostrophe+S_OER\/1_jmxcd25r\">Apostrophe s ('s)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">In Hindi, genitive case\/apostrophe <em>s<\/em> ('s) is expressed by a postposition <span lang=\"hi\">\u0915\u093e<\/span> <em>(<span lang=\"hi-Latn\">kaa<\/span>)<\/em>. In English, we can say \"car of Ram,\" and \"Ram's car\" which mean the same thing. In Hindi, phrase like \"car of Ram\" is not possible. Hence, phrase like \"Ram's car\" is used to express both kinds of phrases.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">The postposition <span lang=\"hi\">\u0915\u093e<\/span> <em>(<span lang=\"hi-Latn\">kaa<\/span>)<\/em><em>\u00a0<\/em>comes after nouns\/pronouns, and it changes them from nouns to adjectives. <span lang=\"hi\">\u0915\u093e<\/span> also changes its form according to number and gender of the following noun.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">For examples:<\/p>\n\n<ul style=\"text-align: center\">\n \t<li style=\"text-align: left\"><span lang=\"hi\">\u0930\u093e\u092e <span style=\"color: #0000ff\">\u0915\u093e<\/span> \u0918\u0930<\/span> (m.) = Ram's home\/ home of Ram<\/li>\n \t<li style=\"text-align: left\"><span lang=\"hi\">\u0930\u093e\u092e <span style=\"color: #0000ff\">\u0915\u0940<\/span> \u0917\u093e\u0921\u093c\u0940<\/span> (f.) = Ram's car\/ car of Ram<\/li>\n \t<li style=\"text-align: left\"><span lang=\"hi\">\u0930\u093e\u092e <span style=\"color: #0000ff\">\u0915\u0947<\/span> \u0926\u094b\u0938\u094d\u0924<\/span> (plu.) = Ram's friends\/ friends of Ram<\/li>\n \t<li style=\"text-align: left\"><span lang=\"hi\">\u0938\u0940\u0924\u093e <span style=\"color: #0000ff\">\u0915\u093e<\/span> \u0915\u092e\u0930\u093e<\/span> (m.) = Sita's room\/ room of Sita<\/li>\n \t<li style=\"text-align: left\"><span lang=\"hi\">\u0938\u0940\u0924\u093e <span style=\"color: #0000ff\">\u0915\u0940<\/span> \u0915\u093f\u0924\u093e\u092c<\/span> (f.) = Sita's book\/ book of Sita<\/li>\n \t<li style=\"text-align: left\"><span lang=\"hi\">\u0938\u0940\u0924\u093e <span style=\"color: #0000ff\">\u0915\u0947<\/span> \u092c\u091a\u094d\u091a\u0947<\/span> (plu.) = Sita's children\/ children of Sita<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">When <span lang=\"hi\">\u0915\u093e<\/span> comes after a noun\/pronoun then that noun\/pronoun changes in oblique case (see chapter 4 for oblique case in details).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">For examples<\/p>\n\n<ul style=\"text-align: center\">\n \t<li style=\"text-align: left\"><span lang=\"hi\">\u0932\u0921\u093c\u0915\u0947 \u0915\u093e \u092d\u093e\u0908<\/span> (m.) = boy's brother\/ brother of a boy<\/li>\n \t<li style=\"text-align: left\"><span lang=\"hi\">\u0932\u0921\u093c\u0915\u0947 \u0915\u0940 \u092c\u0939\u0928<\/span> (f.) = boy's sister\/ sister of a boy<\/li>\n \t<li style=\"text-align: left\"><span lang=\"hi\">\u0932\u0921\u093c\u0915\u0947 \u0915\u0947 \u0915\u092a\u0921\u093c\u0947<\/span> (plu.) boy's clothes\/ clothes of a boy<\/li>\n \t<li style=\"text-align: left\"><span lang=\"hi\">\u0915\u092e\u0930\u0947 \u0915\u093e \u0926\u0930\u0935\u093e\u091c\u093c\u093e<\/span> (m.) = room's door\/ door of a room<\/li>\n \t<li style=\"text-align: left\"><span lang=\"hi\">\u0915\u092e\u0930\u0947 \u0915\u0940 \u0916\u093f\u0921\u093c\u0915\u0940<\/span> (f.) = room's window\/ window of a room<\/li>\n \t<li style=\"text-align: left\"><span lang=\"hi\">\u0915\u092e\u0930\u0947 \u0915\u0947 \u092a\u0930\u0926\u0947<\/span> (plu.) = room's curtains\/ curtains of a room<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>Note:<\/strong> In above examples, <span lang=\"hi\">\u0932\u0921\u093c\u0915\u0947<\/span> and <span lang=\"hi\">\u0915\u092e\u0930\u0947<\/span> are in oblique form. They are not in the plural form, although the oblique and plural form of <span lang=\"hi\">\u0932\u0921\u093c\u0915\u093e<\/span> and <span lang=\"hi\">\u0915\u092e\u0930\u093e<\/span> look alike.<\/p>\n\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Activity<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Please fill in the blanks with the correct form of <span lang=\"hi\">\u0915\u093e<\/span>.<\/p>\n\n<table class=\"grid aligncenter\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse;width: 100%\" border=\"0\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"width: 12.2801%;text-align: center\" scope=\"col\"><strong>Noun<\/strong><\/th>\n<th style=\"width: 17.5575%;text-align: center\" scope=\"col\"><strong><span lang=\"hi\">\u0915\u093e\/\u0915\u0940\/\u0915\u0947<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong><\/th>\n<th style=\"width: 27.7064%;text-align: center\" scope=\"col\"><strong>Noun<\/strong><\/th>\n<th style=\"width: 42.456%;text-align: center\" scope=\"col\"><strong>English\u00a0<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 12.2801%\"><span lang=\"hi\">\u0915\u092e\u0930\u0947<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 17.5575%\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 27.7064%\"><span lang=\"hi\">\u092a\u0930\u0926\u0947<\/span> <em>(m. plu.)<\/em><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 42.456%\">room's curtains<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 12.2801%\"><span lang=\"hi\">\u0915\u092e\u0930\u0947<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 17.5575%\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 27.7064%\"><span lang=\"hi\">\u0926\u0930\u0935\u093e\u091c\u093c\u093e<\/span> <em>(m. sing.)<\/em><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 42.456%\">room's door<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 12.2801%\"><span lang=\"hi\">\u0915\u092e\u0930\u0947<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 17.5575%\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 27.7064%\"><span lang=\"hi\">\u0916\u093f\u0921\u093c\u0915\u093f\u092f\u093e\u0901<\/span> <em>(f. plu.)<\/em><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 42.456%\">room's windows<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 12.2801%\"><span lang=\"hi\">\u090b\u0937\u093f<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 17.5575%\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 27.7064%\"><span lang=\"hi\">\u092d\u093e\u0908<\/span> <em>(m. sing.)<\/em><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 42.456%\">Rishi's brother<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 12.2801%\"><span lang=\"hi\">\u090b\u0937\u093f<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 17.5575%\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 27.7064%\"><span lang=\"hi\">\u092c\u0939\u0928<\/span> <em>(f. sing.)<\/em><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 42.456%\">Rishi's sister<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 12.2801%\"><span lang=\"hi\">\u090b\u0937\u093f<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 17.5575%\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 27.7064%\"><span lang=\"hi\">\u092a\u093f\u0924\u093e \u091c\u0940<\/span> <em>(m. sing.\/hon)<\/em><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 42.456%\">Rishi's father<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 12.2801%\"><span lang=\"hi\">\u090b\u0937\u093f<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 17.5575%\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 27.7064%\"><span lang=\"hi\">\u0916\u093f\u0932\u094c\u0928\u0947 <\/span><em>(m. plu.)<\/em><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 42.456%\">Rishi's toys<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 12.2801%\"><span lang=\"hi\">\u0936\u093f\u0932\u094d\u092a\u093e<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 17.5575%\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 27.7064%\"><span lang=\"hi\">\u092a\u0924\u093f <\/span><em>(m. sing.\/hon)<\/em><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 42.456%\">Shilpaa's husband<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 12.2801%\"><span lang=\"hi\">\u0936\u093f\u0932\u094d\u092a\u093e<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 17.5575%\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 27.7064%\"><span lang=\"hi\">\u0938\u093e\u0938<\/span> <em>(f. sing.)<\/em><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 42.456%\">Shilpaa's mother-in-law<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 12.2801%\"><span lang=\"hi\">\u0936\u093f\u0932\u094d\u092a\u093e<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 17.5575%\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 27.7064%\"><span lang=\"hi\">\u0928\u0928\u0926\u0947\u0902\u00a0 <\/span><em>(f. plu.)<\/em><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 42.456%\">Shilpaa's sisters-in-law<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 12.2801%\"><span lang=\"hi\">\u0936\u093f\u0932\u094d\u092a\u093e<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 17.5575%\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 27.7064%\"><span lang=\"hi\">\u092c\u091a\u094d\u091a\u0947 <\/span><em>(m. plu.)<\/em><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 42.456%\">Shilpaa's children<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 12.2801%\"><span lang=\"hi\">\u0936\u093f\u0932\u094d\u092a\u093e<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 17.5575%\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 27.7064%\"><span lang=\"hi\">\u0938\u0938\u0941\u0930 <\/span><em>(m. sing.\/hon)<\/em><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 42.456%\">Shilpaa's father-in-law<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Pronouns with <span lang=\"hi\">\u0915\u093e\/\u0915\u0940\/\u0915\u0947<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Possessive pronoun\/adjective is formed by adding <span lang=\"hi\">\u0915\u093e\/\u0915\u0940\/\u0915\u0947<\/span> with personal pronouns. These pronouns change in oblique forms as shown in a table below.<\/p>\n\n<table class=\"grid aligncenter\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse;width: 88.1876%;height: 199px\" border=\"0\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"width: 88.2273%;text-align: center\" colspan=\"5\" scope=\"colgroup\"><strong>Table: List of possessive pronouns\/adjective<\/strong><strong>\n<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 14px\">\n<th style=\"width: 19.9733%;text-align: center;height: 14px\" scope=\"col\"><strong>English<\/strong><\/th>\n<th style=\"width: 8.87693%;text-align: center;height: 14px\" scope=\"col\"><strong>Hindi<\/strong><\/th>\n<th style=\"width: 16.572%;text-align: center;height: 14px\" scope=\"col\"><strong>+ <span lang=\"hi\">\u0915\u093e\/\u0915\u0940\/\u0915\u0947<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong><\/th>\n<th style=\"width: 29.806%;text-align: center;height: 14px\" scope=\"col\"><strong>Hindi<\/strong><\/th>\n<th style=\"width: 12.9991%;text-align: center;height: 14px\" scope=\"col\"><strong>English<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 14px\">\n<td style=\"width: 19.9733%;height: 14px\">I<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 8.87693%;height: 14px\"><span lang=\"hi\">\u092e\u0948\u0902<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.572%;height: 14px\">+ <span lang=\"hi\">\u0915\u093e\/\u0915\u0940\/\u0915\u0947<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 29.806%;height: 14px\"><span lang=\"hi\">\u092e\u0947\u0930\u093e \/\u092e\u0947\u0930\u0940 \/ \u092e\u0947\u0930\u0947<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 12.9991%;height: 14px\">My<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 14px\">\n<td style=\"width: 19.9733%;height: 14px\">We<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 8.87693%;height: 14px\"><span lang=\"hi\">\u0939\u092e<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.572%;height: 14px\">+ <span lang=\"hi\">\u0915\u093e\/\u0915\u0940\/\u0915\u0947<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 29.806%;height: 14px\"><span lang=\"hi\">\u0939\u092e\u093e\u0930\u093e \/ \u0939\u092e\u093e\u0930\u0940 \/ \u0939\u092e\u093e\u0930\u0947<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 12.9991%;height: 14px\">Our<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 14px\">\n<td style=\"width: 19.9733%;height: 14px\">You<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 8.87693%;height: 14px\"><span lang=\"hi\">\u0924\u0942<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.572%;height: 14px\">+ <span lang=\"hi\">\u0915\u093e\/\u0915\u0940\/\u0915\u0947<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 29.806%;height: 14px\"><span lang=\"hi\">\u0924\u0947\u0930\u093e \/ \u0924\u0947\u0930\u0940 \/ \u0924\u0947\u0930\u0947<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 12.9991%;height: 14px\">Your<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 14px\">\n<td style=\"width: 19.9733%;height: 14px\">You<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 8.87693%;height: 14px\"><span lang=\"hi\">\u0924\u0941\u092e<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.572%;height: 14px\">+ <span lang=\"hi\">\u0915\u093e\/\u0915\u0940\/\u0915\u0947<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 29.806%;height: 14px\"><span lang=\"hi\">\u0924\u0941\u092e\u094d\u0939\u093e\u0930\u093e \/ \u0924\u0941\u092e\u094d\u0939\u093e\u0930\u0940 \/ \u0924\u0941\u092e\u094d\u0939\u093e\u0930\u0947<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 12.9991%;height: 14px\">Your<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 14px\">\n<td style=\"width: 19.9733%;height: 14px\">You<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 8.87693%;height: 14px\"><span lang=\"hi\">\u0906\u092a<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.572%;height: 14px\">+ <span lang=\"hi\">\u0915\u093e\/\u0915\u0940\/\u0915\u0947<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 29.806%;height: 14px\"><span lang=\"hi\">\u0906\u092a\u0915\u093e \/ \u0906\u092a\u0915\u0940 \/ \u0906\u092a\u0915\u0947<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 12.9991%;height: 14px\">Your<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 14px\">\n<td style=\"width: 19.9733%;height: 14px\">S\/he (near)<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 8.87693%;height: 14px\"><span lang=\"hi\">\u092f\u0939<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.572%;height: 14px\">+ <span lang=\"hi\">\u0915\u093e\/\u0915\u0940\/\u0915\u0947<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 29.806%;height: 14px\"><span lang=\"hi\">\u0907\u0938\u0915\u093e \/ \u0907\u0938\u0915\u0940 \/ \u0907\u0938\u0915\u0947<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 12.9991%;height: 14px\">His\/her<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 14px\">\n<td style=\"width: 19.9733%;height: 14px\">S\/he (far)<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 8.87693%;height: 14px\"><span lang=\"hi\">\u0935\u0939<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.572%;height: 14px\">+ <span lang=\"hi\">\u0915\u093e\/\u0915\u0940\/\u0915\u0947<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 29.806%;height: 14px\"><span lang=\"hi\">\u0909\u0938\u0915\u093e \/ \u0909\u0938\u0915\u0940 \/ \u0909\u0938\u0915\u0947<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 12.9991%;height: 14px\">His\/her<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 14px\">\n<td style=\"width: 19.9733%;height: 14px\">They (near)<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 8.87693%;height: 14px\"><span lang=\"hi\">\u092f\u0947<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.572%;height: 14px\">+ <span lang=\"hi\">\u0915\u093e\/\u0915\u0940\/\u0915\u0947<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 29.806%;height: 14px\"><span lang=\"hi\">\u0907\u0928\u0915\u093e \/ \u0907\u0928\u0915\u0940 \/ \u0907\u0928\u0915\u0947<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 12.9991%;height: 14px\">Their<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 14px\">\n<td style=\"width: 19.9733%;height: 14px\">They (far)<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 8.87693%;height: 14px\"><span lang=\"hi\">\u0935\u0947<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.572%;height: 14px\">+ <span lang=\"hi\">\u0915\u093e\/\u0915\u0940\/\u0915\u0947<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 29.806%;height: 14px\"><span lang=\"hi\">\u0909\u0928\u0915\u093e \/ \u0909\u0928\u0915\u0940 \/ \u0909\u0928\u0915\u0947<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 12.9991%;height: 14px\">Their<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 14px\">\n<td style=\"width: 19.9733%;height: 14px\">Who (Singular)<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 8.87693%;height: 14px\"><span lang=\"hi\">\u0915\u094c\u0928<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.572%;height: 14px\">+ <span lang=\"hi\">\u0915\u093e\/\u0915\u0940\/\u0915\u0947<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 29.806%;height: 14px\"><span lang=\"hi\">\u0915\u093f\u0938\u0915\u093e \/ \u0915\u093f\u0938\u0915\u0940 \/ \u0915\u093f\u0938\u0915\u0947<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 12.9991%;height: 14px\">Whose<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 14px\">\n<td style=\"width: 19.9733%;height: 14px\">Who (plural)<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 8.87693%;height: 14px\"><span lang=\"hi\">\u0915\u093f\u0928<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.572%;height: 14px\">+ <span lang=\"hi\">\u0915\u093e\/\u0915\u0940\/\u0915\u0947<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 29.806%;height: 14px\"><span lang=\"hi\">\u0915\u093f\u0928\u0915\u093e \/ \u0915\u093f\u0928\u0915\u0940 \/ \u0915\u093f\u0928\u0915\u0947<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 12.9991%;height: 14px\">Whose<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Test Yourself<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">[h5p id=\"52\"]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><span lang=\"hi\">\u0927\u0928\u094d\u092f\u0935\u093e\u0926 !<\/span><\/strong><\/p>","rendered":"<h2>Apostrophe &#8220;<em>S&#8221;<\/em> Video<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>Instructor Video: <a href=\"https:\/\/mediaspace.msu.edu\/media\/Chapter+3_Apostrophe+S_OER\/1_jmxcd25r\">Apostrophe s (&#8216;s)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">In Hindi, genitive case\/apostrophe <em>s<\/em> (&#8216;s) is expressed by a postposition <span lang=\"hi\">\u0915\u093e<\/span> <em>(<span lang=\"hi-Latn\">kaa<\/span>)<\/em>. In English, we can say &#8220;car of Ram,&#8221; and &#8220;Ram&#8217;s car&#8221; which mean the same thing. In Hindi, phrase like &#8220;car of Ram&#8221; is not possible. Hence, phrase like &#8220;Ram&#8217;s car&#8221; is used to express both kinds of phrases.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">The postposition <span lang=\"hi\">\u0915\u093e<\/span> <em>(<span lang=\"hi-Latn\">kaa<\/span>)<\/em><em>\u00a0<\/em>comes after nouns\/pronouns, and it changes them from nouns to adjectives. <span lang=\"hi\">\u0915\u093e<\/span> also changes its form according to number and gender of the following noun.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">For examples:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: center\">\n<li style=\"text-align: left\"><span lang=\"hi\">\u0930\u093e\u092e <span style=\"color: #0000ff\">\u0915\u093e<\/span> \u0918\u0930<\/span> (m.) = Ram&#8217;s home\/ home of Ram<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\"><span lang=\"hi\">\u0930\u093e\u092e <span style=\"color: #0000ff\">\u0915\u0940<\/span> \u0917\u093e\u0921\u093c\u0940<\/span> (f.) = Ram&#8217;s car\/ car of Ram<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\"><span lang=\"hi\">\u0930\u093e\u092e <span style=\"color: #0000ff\">\u0915\u0947<\/span> \u0926\u094b\u0938\u094d\u0924<\/span> (plu.) = Ram&#8217;s friends\/ friends of Ram<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\"><span lang=\"hi\">\u0938\u0940\u0924\u093e <span style=\"color: #0000ff\">\u0915\u093e<\/span> \u0915\u092e\u0930\u093e<\/span> (m.) = Sita&#8217;s room\/ room of Sita<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\"><span lang=\"hi\">\u0938\u0940\u0924\u093e <span style=\"color: #0000ff\">\u0915\u0940<\/span> \u0915\u093f\u0924\u093e\u092c<\/span> (f.) = Sita&#8217;s book\/ book of Sita<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\"><span lang=\"hi\">\u0938\u0940\u0924\u093e <span style=\"color: #0000ff\">\u0915\u0947<\/span> \u092c\u091a\u094d\u091a\u0947<\/span> (plu.) = Sita&#8217;s children\/ children of Sita<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">When <span lang=\"hi\">\u0915\u093e<\/span> comes after a noun\/pronoun then that noun\/pronoun changes in oblique case (see chapter 4 for oblique case in details).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">For examples<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: center\">\n<li style=\"text-align: left\"><span lang=\"hi\">\u0932\u0921\u093c\u0915\u0947 \u0915\u093e \u092d\u093e\u0908<\/span> (m.) = boy&#8217;s brother\/ brother of a boy<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\"><span lang=\"hi\">\u0932\u0921\u093c\u0915\u0947 \u0915\u0940 \u092c\u0939\u0928<\/span> (f.) = boy&#8217;s sister\/ sister of a boy<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\"><span lang=\"hi\">\u0932\u0921\u093c\u0915\u0947 \u0915\u0947 \u0915\u092a\u0921\u093c\u0947<\/span> (plu.) boy&#8217;s clothes\/ clothes of a boy<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\"><span lang=\"hi\">\u0915\u092e\u0930\u0947 \u0915\u093e \u0926\u0930\u0935\u093e\u091c\u093c\u093e<\/span> (m.) = room&#8217;s door\/ door of a room<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\"><span lang=\"hi\">\u0915\u092e\u0930\u0947 \u0915\u0940 \u0916\u093f\u0921\u093c\u0915\u0940<\/span> (f.) = room&#8217;s window\/ window of a room<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\"><span lang=\"hi\">\u0915\u092e\u0930\u0947 \u0915\u0947 \u092a\u0930\u0926\u0947<\/span> (plu.) = room&#8217;s curtains\/ curtains of a room<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>Note:<\/strong> In above examples, <span lang=\"hi\">\u0932\u0921\u093c\u0915\u0947<\/span> and <span lang=\"hi\">\u0915\u092e\u0930\u0947<\/span> are in oblique form. They are not in the plural form, although the oblique and plural form of <span lang=\"hi\">\u0932\u0921\u093c\u0915\u093e<\/span> and <span lang=\"hi\">\u0915\u092e\u0930\u093e<\/span> look alike.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Activity<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Please fill in the blanks with the correct form of <span lang=\"hi\">\u0915\u093e<\/span>.<\/p>\n<table class=\"grid aligncenter\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse;width: 100%\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"width: 12.2801%;text-align: center\" scope=\"col\"><strong>Noun<\/strong><\/th>\n<th style=\"width: 17.5575%;text-align: center\" scope=\"col\"><strong><span lang=\"hi\">\u0915\u093e\/\u0915\u0940\/\u0915\u0947<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong><\/th>\n<th style=\"width: 27.7064%;text-align: center\" scope=\"col\"><strong>Noun<\/strong><\/th>\n<th style=\"width: 42.456%;text-align: center\" scope=\"col\"><strong>English\u00a0<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 12.2801%\"><span lang=\"hi\">\u0915\u092e\u0930\u0947<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 17.5575%\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 27.7064%\"><span lang=\"hi\">\u092a\u0930\u0926\u0947<\/span> <em>(m. plu.)<\/em><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 42.456%\">room&#8217;s curtains<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 12.2801%\"><span lang=\"hi\">\u0915\u092e\u0930\u0947<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 17.5575%\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 27.7064%\"><span lang=\"hi\">\u0926\u0930\u0935\u093e\u091c\u093c\u093e<\/span> <em>(m. sing.)<\/em><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 42.456%\">room&#8217;s door<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 12.2801%\"><span lang=\"hi\">\u0915\u092e\u0930\u0947<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 17.5575%\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 27.7064%\"><span lang=\"hi\">\u0916\u093f\u0921\u093c\u0915\u093f\u092f\u093e\u0901<\/span> <em>(f. plu.)<\/em><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 42.456%\">room&#8217;s windows<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 12.2801%\"><span lang=\"hi\">\u090b\u0937\u093f<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 17.5575%\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 27.7064%\"><span lang=\"hi\">\u092d\u093e\u0908<\/span> <em>(m. sing.)<\/em><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 42.456%\">Rishi&#8217;s brother<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 12.2801%\"><span lang=\"hi\">\u090b\u0937\u093f<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 17.5575%\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 27.7064%\"><span lang=\"hi\">\u092c\u0939\u0928<\/span> <em>(f. sing.)<\/em><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 42.456%\">Rishi&#8217;s sister<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 12.2801%\"><span lang=\"hi\">\u090b\u0937\u093f<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 17.5575%\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 27.7064%\"><span lang=\"hi\">\u092a\u093f\u0924\u093e \u091c\u0940<\/span> <em>(m. sing.\/hon)<\/em><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 42.456%\">Rishi&#8217;s father<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 12.2801%\"><span lang=\"hi\">\u090b\u0937\u093f<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 17.5575%\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 27.7064%\"><span lang=\"hi\">\u0916\u093f\u0932\u094c\u0928\u0947 <\/span><em>(m. plu.)<\/em><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 42.456%\">Rishi&#8217;s toys<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 12.2801%\"><span lang=\"hi\">\u0936\u093f\u0932\u094d\u092a\u093e<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 17.5575%\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 27.7064%\"><span lang=\"hi\">\u092a\u0924\u093f <\/span><em>(m. sing.\/hon)<\/em><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 42.456%\">Shilpaa&#8217;s husband<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 12.2801%\"><span lang=\"hi\">\u0936\u093f\u0932\u094d\u092a\u093e<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 17.5575%\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 27.7064%\"><span lang=\"hi\">\u0938\u093e\u0938<\/span> <em>(f. sing.)<\/em><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 42.456%\">Shilpaa&#8217;s mother-in-law<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 12.2801%\"><span lang=\"hi\">\u0936\u093f\u0932\u094d\u092a\u093e<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 17.5575%\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 27.7064%\"><span lang=\"hi\">\u0928\u0928\u0926\u0947\u0902\u00a0 <\/span><em>(f. plu.)<\/em><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 42.456%\">Shilpaa&#8217;s sisters-in-law<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 12.2801%\"><span lang=\"hi\">\u0936\u093f\u0932\u094d\u092a\u093e<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 17.5575%\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 27.7064%\"><span lang=\"hi\">\u092c\u091a\u094d\u091a\u0947 <\/span><em>(m. plu.)<\/em><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 42.456%\">Shilpaa&#8217;s children<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 12.2801%\"><span lang=\"hi\">\u0936\u093f\u0932\u094d\u092a\u093e<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 17.5575%\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 27.7064%\"><span lang=\"hi\">\u0938\u0938\u0941\u0930 <\/span><em>(m. sing.\/hon)<\/em><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 42.456%\">Shilpaa&#8217;s father-in-law<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Pronouns with <span lang=\"hi\">\u0915\u093e\/\u0915\u0940\/\u0915\u0947<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Possessive pronoun\/adjective is formed by adding <span lang=\"hi\">\u0915\u093e\/\u0915\u0940\/\u0915\u0947<\/span> with personal pronouns. These pronouns change in oblique forms as shown in a table below.<\/p>\n<table class=\"grid aligncenter\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse;width: 88.1876%;height: 199px\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"width: 88.2273%;text-align: center\" colspan=\"5\" scope=\"colgroup\"><strong>Table: List of possessive pronouns\/adjective<\/strong><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 14px\">\n<th style=\"width: 19.9733%;text-align: center;height: 14px\" scope=\"col\"><strong>English<\/strong><\/th>\n<th style=\"width: 8.87693%;text-align: center;height: 14px\" scope=\"col\"><strong>Hindi<\/strong><\/th>\n<th style=\"width: 16.572%;text-align: center;height: 14px\" scope=\"col\"><strong>+ <span lang=\"hi\">\u0915\u093e\/\u0915\u0940\/\u0915\u0947<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong><\/th>\n<th style=\"width: 29.806%;text-align: center;height: 14px\" scope=\"col\"><strong>Hindi<\/strong><\/th>\n<th style=\"width: 12.9991%;text-align: center;height: 14px\" scope=\"col\"><strong>English<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 14px\">\n<td style=\"width: 19.9733%;height: 14px\">I<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 8.87693%;height: 14px\"><span lang=\"hi\">\u092e\u0948\u0902<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.572%;height: 14px\">+ <span lang=\"hi\">\u0915\u093e\/\u0915\u0940\/\u0915\u0947<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 29.806%;height: 14px\"><span lang=\"hi\">\u092e\u0947\u0930\u093e \/\u092e\u0947\u0930\u0940 \/ \u092e\u0947\u0930\u0947<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 12.9991%;height: 14px\">My<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 14px\">\n<td style=\"width: 19.9733%;height: 14px\">We<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 8.87693%;height: 14px\"><span lang=\"hi\">\u0939\u092e<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.572%;height: 14px\">+ <span lang=\"hi\">\u0915\u093e\/\u0915\u0940\/\u0915\u0947<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 29.806%;height: 14px\"><span lang=\"hi\">\u0939\u092e\u093e\u0930\u093e \/ \u0939\u092e\u093e\u0930\u0940 \/ \u0939\u092e\u093e\u0930\u0947<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 12.9991%;height: 14px\">Our<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 14px\">\n<td style=\"width: 19.9733%;height: 14px\">You<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 8.87693%;height: 14px\"><span lang=\"hi\">\u0924\u0942<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.572%;height: 14px\">+ <span lang=\"hi\">\u0915\u093e\/\u0915\u0940\/\u0915\u0947<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 29.806%;height: 14px\"><span lang=\"hi\">\u0924\u0947\u0930\u093e \/ \u0924\u0947\u0930\u0940 \/ \u0924\u0947\u0930\u0947<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 12.9991%;height: 14px\">Your<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 14px\">\n<td style=\"width: 19.9733%;height: 14px\">You<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 8.87693%;height: 14px\"><span lang=\"hi\">\u0924\u0941\u092e<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.572%;height: 14px\">+ <span lang=\"hi\">\u0915\u093e\/\u0915\u0940\/\u0915\u0947<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 29.806%;height: 14px\"><span lang=\"hi\">\u0924\u0941\u092e\u094d\u0939\u093e\u0930\u093e \/ \u0924\u0941\u092e\u094d\u0939\u093e\u0930\u0940 \/ \u0924\u0941\u092e\u094d\u0939\u093e\u0930\u0947<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 12.9991%;height: 14px\">Your<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 14px\">\n<td style=\"width: 19.9733%;height: 14px\">You<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 8.87693%;height: 14px\"><span lang=\"hi\">\u0906\u092a<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.572%;height: 14px\">+ <span lang=\"hi\">\u0915\u093e\/\u0915\u0940\/\u0915\u0947<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 29.806%;height: 14px\"><span lang=\"hi\">\u0906\u092a\u0915\u093e \/ \u0906\u092a\u0915\u0940 \/ \u0906\u092a\u0915\u0947<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 12.9991%;height: 14px\">Your<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 14px\">\n<td style=\"width: 19.9733%;height: 14px\">S\/he (near)<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 8.87693%;height: 14px\"><span lang=\"hi\">\u092f\u0939<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.572%;height: 14px\">+ <span lang=\"hi\">\u0915\u093e\/\u0915\u0940\/\u0915\u0947<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 29.806%;height: 14px\"><span lang=\"hi\">\u0907\u0938\u0915\u093e \/ \u0907\u0938\u0915\u0940 \/ \u0907\u0938\u0915\u0947<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 12.9991%;height: 14px\">His\/her<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 14px\">\n<td style=\"width: 19.9733%;height: 14px\">S\/he (far)<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 8.87693%;height: 14px\"><span lang=\"hi\">\u0935\u0939<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.572%;height: 14px\">+ <span lang=\"hi\">\u0915\u093e\/\u0915\u0940\/\u0915\u0947<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 29.806%;height: 14px\"><span lang=\"hi\">\u0909\u0938\u0915\u093e \/ \u0909\u0938\u0915\u0940 \/ \u0909\u0938\u0915\u0947<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 12.9991%;height: 14px\">His\/her<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 14px\">\n<td style=\"width: 19.9733%;height: 14px\">They (near)<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 8.87693%;height: 14px\"><span lang=\"hi\">\u092f\u0947<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.572%;height: 14px\">+ <span lang=\"hi\">\u0915\u093e\/\u0915\u0940\/\u0915\u0947<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 29.806%;height: 14px\"><span lang=\"hi\">\u0907\u0928\u0915\u093e \/ \u0907\u0928\u0915\u0940 \/ \u0907\u0928\u0915\u0947<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 12.9991%;height: 14px\">Their<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 14px\">\n<td style=\"width: 19.9733%;height: 14px\">They (far)<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 8.87693%;height: 14px\"><span lang=\"hi\">\u0935\u0947<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.572%;height: 14px\">+ <span lang=\"hi\">\u0915\u093e\/\u0915\u0940\/\u0915\u0947<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 29.806%;height: 14px\"><span lang=\"hi\">\u0909\u0928\u0915\u093e \/ \u0909\u0928\u0915\u0940 \/ \u0909\u0928\u0915\u0947<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 12.9991%;height: 14px\">Their<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 14px\">\n<td style=\"width: 19.9733%;height: 14px\">Who (Singular)<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 8.87693%;height: 14px\"><span lang=\"hi\">\u0915\u094c\u0928<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.572%;height: 14px\">+ <span lang=\"hi\">\u0915\u093e\/\u0915\u0940\/\u0915\u0947<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 29.806%;height: 14px\"><span lang=\"hi\">\u0915\u093f\u0938\u0915\u093e \/ \u0915\u093f\u0938\u0915\u0940 \/ \u0915\u093f\u0938\u0915\u0947<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 12.9991%;height: 14px\">Whose<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 14px\">\n<td style=\"width: 19.9733%;height: 14px\">Who (plural)<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 8.87693%;height: 14px\"><span lang=\"hi\">\u0915\u093f\u0928<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.572%;height: 14px\">+ <span lang=\"hi\">\u0915\u093e\/\u0915\u0940\/\u0915\u0947<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 29.806%;height: 14px\"><span lang=\"hi\">\u0915\u093f\u0928\u0915\u093e \/ \u0915\u093f\u0928\u0915\u0940 \/ \u0915\u093f\u0928\u0915\u0947<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 12.9991%;height: 14px\">Whose<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Test Yourself<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n<div id=\"h5p-52\">\n<div class=\"h5p-iframe-wrapper\"><iframe id=\"h5p-iframe-52\" class=\"h5p-iframe\" data-content-id=\"52\" style=\"height:1px\" src=\"about:blank\" frameBorder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" title=\"Wh Questions\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><span lang=\"hi\">\u0927\u0928\u094d\u092f\u0935\u093e\u0926 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