Possessives: my, your, his, her, and 's
உடைமைச் சொற்கள்
English marks possession two different ways depending on whether you're using a pronoun or a full noun — a split with no equivalent in Tamil's single, consistent possessive suffix.
Grammar Comparison
Grammar Comparison
Two systems: possessive pronouns, and 's for nouns
my book (possessive pronoun) vs. Priya's book (noun + 's)
என் புத்தகம் / பிரியாவின் புத்தகம் — the same suffix pattern works for both cases
Tamil attaches the same possessive suffix pattern whether the owner is a pronoun (என், 'my') or a proper noun (பிரியாவின், 'Priya's') — one consistent mechanism throughout. English splits this into two unrelated systems: a dedicated set of possessive pronouns (my, your, his, her, our, their) for pronoun-owners, and an apostrophe-s ('s) tacked onto the end of a noun-owner. Learn these as two separate small systems rather than expecting one rule to cover both, the way Tamil's does.
Vocabulary
Vocabulary
- Tamil (English explanations)
- என் புத்தகம்en puthagam
- Tamil (English explanations)
- உன் புத்தகம்un puthagam
- Tamil (English explanations)
- அவன் புத்தகம்avan puthagam
- Tamil (English explanations)
- அவள் புத்தகம்avaḷ puthagam
- Tamil (English explanations)
- பிரியாவின் புத்தகம்priyāvin puthagam
- Tamil (English explanations)
- எங்க வீடுenga vīḍu