3.6 Grammar, Possessive Pronouns:

In Persian language, there is no Possessive pronoun as it is in English. Instead,  the word “مال – shows ownership or property” functions as possessive pronoun. We will practice possession in this section.

 

Possessive pronoun: and Possessive adjectives:

Possessive pronouns:

A possessive pronoun is a pronoun that shows ownership in addition to being a pronoun.

Example of possession in Persian

with English translation

Plural  possessions Example of possession in Persian

with English translation

Singular Possession
This is ours این مال ماست  ours = مال ما This Is mine این مال من است  Mine= مال من
This is yours این مال شماست Yours =مال شما This is yours این مال تو است  yours = مال تو
This is theirs این مال آنهاست  Theirs = مال آنها This is hersاین مال او است His / Hers = مال او

Activity:

Please make sentence with the phrase in first column. ( For guidance look at the example for first phrase)

ch 3.5 Activity (PDF)

 

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