Goal: In this lesson you will learn how to express the phrases like ‘my book’ and ‘Ramesh’s book’ in Gujarati.
Consider the following vocabulary:
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Word |
Gloss |
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maru& (neuter) |
‘my |
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Aayno (masculine) |
‘mirror’ |
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cop6I (feminine) |
‘book’ |
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keXu& (neuter) |
‘banana’ |
Read the following constructions:
1. maro Aayno
‘my mirror’
2. mara Aayna
‘my mirrors’
3. marI cop6I
‘my book.’
4. marI cop6IAo
‘my books’
5. maru& keXu&
‘my banana’
6.
mara& keXa&
‘my bananas’
7.
rme=no Aayno
‘Ramesh’s mirror.’
8. rme=na Aayna
‘Ramesh’s mirrors’
9. rme=nI cop6I
‘Ramesh’s book’
10. rme=nI cop6IAo
‘Ramesh’s books’
11. rme=nu&
keXu&
‘Ramesh’s banana’
12. rme=na&
keXa&
‘Ramesh’s bananas’
Note the following:
A. The possessive pronoun maru& changes in terms of the gender and the number of the thing possessed. Following table summarizes the various forms of the maru&.
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Masculine |
Feminine |
Neuter |
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Singular |
Plural |
Singular |
Plural |
Singular |
Plural |
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1st person |
Singular |
maro |
mara |
marI |
marI |
maru& |
mara& |
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Plural |
Inclusive |
Amaro |
Amara |
AmarI |
AmarI |
Amaru& |
Amara& |
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Exclusive |
Aap8o |
Aap8a |
Aap8I |
Aap8I |
Aap8u& |
Aap8a& |
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2nd person |
Singular |
taro |
tara |
tarI |
tarI |
taru& |
tara& |
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Plural |
tmaro |
tmara |
tmarI |
tmarI |
tmaru& |
tmara& |
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3rd person |
Singular |
teno |
tena |
tenI |
tenI |
tenu& |
temna& |
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Plural |
temno/ teAono |
temna/ teAona |
temnI/ teAonI |
temnI/ teAonI |
temnu&/ teAonu& |
temna&/ teAona&& |
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B. The form of possessive case -nu& also changes in terms of the gender and number of the thing possessed. Following table summarizes the various forms of the -nu&.
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Singular |
Plural |
Masculine |
-no |
-na |
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Feminine |
-nI |
-nI |
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Neuter |
-nu& |
-na& |