Possession and gender in a short description
A possessive shows who owns something. means my before a masculine singular noun: . Use with a feminine noun: . The owner’s sex does not choose the form: the thing owned does.
Changing adjectives ending in -ा often have feminine -ी: , . A male learner says ; a female learner says . Many other adjectives, such as , do not change.
In the story, is the ordinary cat word and feminine; specifies a male cat. Meera’s correction is a joke, not a rule that all animal nouns match biological sex. Learn as another common way to say I am hungry.
यह मेरी चाबी है।This is my key.
मेरा नाम मीरा है।My name is Meera.
मोती भूखा है।Moti the tomcat is hungry.
Practice 1/5 · Finding words
Notice the useful form
Tap the form explained in this unit.
।
This is my key.
।
My name is Meera.
।
Moti the tomcat is hungry.
Practice 2/5 · The right form
Choose the form
Use the meaning and the Hindi pattern.
यह चाबी है।
This is my key.
मेरा नाम मीरा ।
My name is Meera.
मोती है।
Moti the tomcat is hungry.
Practice 3/5 · Fill the gaps
Complete the messages
Fill the gaps with the words from the box.
यह चाबी है।
This is my key.
मेरा नाम मीरा ।
My name is Meera.
मोती है।
Moti the tomcat is hungry.
Practice 4/5 · Building sentences
Build a sentence
Put the words in order.
This is my key.
My name is Meera.
Moti the tomcat is hungry.
Practice 5/5 · Matching
Connect form and meaning
Match the pairs.
Unit complete
