Possessive Articles
ಸ್ವಾಮ್ಯಸೂಚಕ ಪದಗಳು
German possessives (mein, dein, sein...) decline just like ein — changing ending based on the noun's gender and case — unlike Kannada's invariant possessive pronouns.
Grammar Comparison
ವ್ಯಾಕರಣ ಹೋಲಿಕೆ
One possessive word, many endings vs. Kannada's fixed form
mein Vater (masc.), meine Mutter (fem.), mein Kind (neut.) — same root 'mein', different endings
ನನ್ನ ಅಪ್ಪ, ನನ್ನ ಅಮ್ಮ, ನನ್ನ ಮಗು — ನನ್ನ never changes
Kannada's possessive ನನ್ನ ('my') is invariant — it stays ನನ್ನ no matter the noun's class or role in the sentence. German mein behaves like the indefinite article ein with a possessive meaning attached: it takes an ending depending on whether the following noun is masculine, feminine, neuter, or plural, and on the noun's case (nominative, accusative, dative). Learn possessives as 'ein with an owner attached' rather than as a fixed word, and the pattern from Articles & Gender carries over directly.
Vocabulary
ಪದಗಳು
- Kannada
- ನನ್ನnanna
- English
- my (masc./neut. noun)
- Kannada
- ನನ್ನnanna
- English
- my (fem./plural noun)
- Kannada
- ನಿನ್ನninna
- English
- your (informal)
- Kannada
- ಅವನavana
- English
- his
- Kannada
- ಅವಳavala
- English
- her
- Kannada
- ನಮ್ಮnamma
- English
- our