Possessive Articles
உடைமைப் பெயரடைகள்
German possessives (mein, dein, sein...) decline just like ein — changing ending based on the noun's gender and case — unlike Tamil's invariant possessive pronouns.
Grammar Comparison
இலக்கண ஒப்பீடு
One possessive word, many endings vs. Tamil's fixed form
mein Vater (masc.), meine Mutter (fem.), mein Kind (neut.) — same root 'mein', different endings
என் அப்பா, என் அம்மா, என் குழந்தை — என் never changes
Tamil's possessive என் ('my') is invariant — it stays என் 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
சொற்கள்
| German | Pronunciation | Tamil | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| mein | myn | என்en | my (masc./neut. noun) |
| meine | MY-neh | என்en | my (fem./plural noun) |
| dein | dyn | உன்un | your (informal) |
| sein | zyn | அவனுடையavaṉuḍaiya | his |
| ihr | eer | அவளுடையavaḷuḍaiya | her |
| unser | OON-zer | எங்களுடையengaḷuḍaiya | our |