Possessive Determiners and Possessive Pronouns in Telugu

 Let us see about possessive determiners and possessive pronouns in Telugu.

‘My, our, your, his, her, its and their’ are possessive determiners whereas ‘mine, ours, yours, his, hers, its and theirs’ are possessive pronouns in English.

Add ‘యొక్క’ (yokka) to the subject word,i.e.first, second, or third person to get possessive determiner in Telugu.

‘I’ means ‘nenu’ (నేను) in Telugu. ‘Nenu’ changes as ‘naa’ (నా) before adding yokka. That means ‘my’ wordin English is transcribed as ‘naayokka’ (నా యొక్క) in Telugu.

First-person plural ‘manamu’ (మనము) (we) changes as ‘mana’ (మన) before adding yokka. It becomes ‘mana yokka’ (మన యొక్క) which means ‘our’ in English. ‘Memu’ (మేము) changes as ‘maa’ (మా). Then yokka is added to it to become ‘maa yokka’ (మా యొక్క).

Both singular and plural of second person ‘neevu’ (నీవు) (you) and ‘meeru’ (మీరు) (meeru) lose their last letter,i.e. ‘vu’ and ‘ru.’Then yokka is added to them. They become ‘nee yokka’ (నీ యొక్క) and ‘mee yokka’ (మీ యొక్క),which means ‘your’ in English. They even can be left alone as such without adding ‘yokka,’ i.e. ‘nee’ (నీ) and ‘mee’ (మీ), which also refers to ‘your.’

Third person singulars in Telugu are: అతడు (athadu), ఆయన (aayana), వాడు (vaadu), వీడు (veedu) - he; ఆమె (aame), ఆవిడ (aavida) - she; అది (adhi), ఇది (idhi) - it.

Their possessive determiners are as follows:

Ø  Aame(ఆమె) (she) – aameyokka(ఆమె యొక్క) (her)

Ø  Aavida(ఆవిడ) (she) – aavidayokka(ఆవిడ యొక్క) (her)

Ø  Aayana(ఆయన) (he) – aayanayokka(ఆయన యొక్క) (his)

Ø  Athadu(అతడు) (he) – athadiyokka(అతడి యొక్క) (his)

Ø  Vaadu(వాడు) (he) – vaadiyokka(వాడి యొక్క) (his)

Ø  Veedu(వీడు) (he) – veediyokka(వీడి యొక్క) (his)

Ø  Adhi (అది) (it) – dhaaniyokka(దాని యొక్క) (its)

Ø  Idi (ఇది) (it) – dheeniyokka(దీని యొక్క) (its)

Words ending with ‘du’ (డు) takes the form of ‘di’ (డి) before adding yokka to them. In the same way, ‘అది’ (adhi) becomes ‘దాని’ (dhaani)and ‘ఇది’ (idhi)becomes ‘దీని’ (dheeni)to take the form of possessive determiner.

Possessive determiners for third person plurals:

Ø  Vaaru(వారు) (they) – vaariyokka(వారి యొక్క) (their)

Ø  Veeru(వీరు) (they) – veeriyokka(వీరి యొక్క) (their)

Ø  Avi(అవి) – vaatiyokka(వాటి యొక్క) (their)

Ø  Ivi(ఇవి) – veetiyokka(వీటి యొక్క) (their)

Words ending with ‘ru’ (రు) takes the form of ‘ri’ (రి) before adding yokka to them. ‘అవి’ (Avi)becomes ‘వాటి’ (vaati)and ‘ఇవి’(Ivi)becomes ‘వీటి’ (veeti)to take the form of possessive determiner. 

You have to add ‘dhi’ (ది) to ‘naa’ to get a possessive pronoun form ofthe word mine. In other words,‘mine’ in Telugu is naa+ di = ‘naadhi’ (నాది). This works for all persons singular and plurals. Substitute ‘dhi’ (ది) in the place of ‘yokka’ to get possessive pronouns.

Ø  Manadhi(మనది) – ours

Ø  Maadhi(మాది) – ours

Ø  Needhi(నీది) – yours

Ø  Meedhi(మీది) – yours

Ø  Atadidhi(అతడిది) – his

Ø  Vaadidhi(వాడిది) – his

Ø  Veedidhi(వీడిది) – his

Ø  Aamedhi(ఆమెది) – hers

Ø  Aavidadhi(ఆవిడది) – hers

Ø  Dhaanidhi(దానిది) - its

Ø  Deenidhi(దీనిది) – its

Ø  Vaaridhi(వారిది) - theirs

Ø  Veeridhi(వీరిది) - theirs

Ø  Vaatidhi(వాటిది) - theirs

Veetidhi(వీటిది) – theirs