Possessive Suffixes

ضمایر ملکی متصل

About this concept

Enclitic possessive pronouns attach to nouns: م- (-am, my), ت- (-at, your), ش- (-ash, his/her), مان- (-emān, our), تان- (-etān, your-pl), شان- (-eshān, their). Alternative to ezafe + pronoun.

In Settemila Lingue, this concept generates a practice deck of ~25 cards at level A1.

Examples

کتابم ketābammy book

خانه‌اش khāne-ashhis/her house

دوستانمان dustānemānour friends

اسمت چیه؟ esmet chiye?What's your name? (colloquial)

Prerequisite

Ezafe ConstructionA1

Concepts that build on this

Reflexive with خودA2

More A1 concepts

Persian Alphabetالفبای فارسی Vowels and Diacriticsمصوت‌ها و اعراب Personal Pronounsضمایر شخصی بودن - To Be (Present)فعل «بودن» در زمان حال داشتن - To Haveفعل «داشتن»

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