A Door Into Hindi: Lesson 3

A possessive pronoun functions just like an adjective: it agrees with the noun it modifies in gender and number.

Here is a table of the possessive pronouns (in their masculine singular forms):

Note that in Hindi, the possessive pronouns reflect the gender of the thing possessed rather than the gender of the possessor. This is different than in English, where the possessive pronouns "his" and "her" reflect the gender of the possessor. For example, in the Hindi phrase उसकी माता you cannot tell if it means "his mother" or "her mother"; the possessive pronoun is feminine to reflect the gender of माता .

Examples with मेरा:

See Snell's Teach Yourself Hindi (2000) Section 6.2 page 77