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Lesson 15A1

Possessive Adjectives

స్వాధీన విశేషణాలు

Polish possessives — my, your, our — agree with the thing being owned, something Telugu possessives never do. A few Polish ones, though, never change at all, matching how every Telugu possessive already behaves.

Grammar Comparison

వ్యాకరణ పోలిక

Possessives Agree With the Thing Owned — Telugu's Never Do

Polish

mój dom, moja książka, moje okno

Telugu

నా ఇల్లు, నా పుస్తకం, నా కిటికీ

Telugu's నా ('my') stays నా no matter what follows — నా ఇల్లు, నా పుస్తకం, నా కిటికీ all use the identical word. Polish requires agreement instead: mój, moja, and moje are all 'my' — which one you use depends entirely on the gender of the noun that follows, not on who owns it. This is exactly how regular Polish adjectives behave, since possessives in Polish are really just a special class of adjective — a new habit with no Telugu equivalent to fall back on.

jego, jej, and ich Never Change — Just Like Every Telugu Possessive

Polish

jego dom, jego książka, jego okno

Telugu

వాడి ఇల్లు, వాడి పుస్తకం, వాడి కిటికీ

Unlike mój/twój/nasz/wasz, the possessives jego (his), jej (her), and ich (their) stay exactly the same no matter what they modify — jego dom and jego książka both use jego, even though dom is masculine and książka is feminine. This is the one part of Polish possessives that already matches Telugu's habit, where వాడి ('his') never changes either — a small, welcome shortcut in the middle of an otherwise new agreement system.

Vocabulary

పదజాలం

mójmooy
Telugu
నా (మగ వస్తువు)naa
English
my (m)
mojaMOH-yah
Telugu
నా (ఆడ వస్తువు)naa
English
my (f)
mojeMOH-yeh
Telugu
నా (నపుంసక వస్తువు)naa
English
my (n)
twójtvooy
Telugu
నీ (మగ వస్తువు)nee
English
your (m)
twojaTVOH-yah
Telugu
నీ (ఆడ వస్తువు)nee
English
your (f)
jegoYEH-goh
Telugu
వాడిvaadi
English
his
jejyay
Telugu
ఆమెaame
English
her
nasznahsh
Telugu
మా (మగ వస్తువు)maa
English
our (m)
naszaNAH-shah
Telugu
మా (ఆడ వస్తువు)maa
English
our (f)
waszvahsh
Telugu
మీ (మగ వస్తువు)mee
English
your-all (m)
waszaVAH-shah
Telugu
మీ (ఆడ వస్తువు)mee
English
your-all (f)
icheekh
Telugu
వాళ్ళvaalla
English
their