Azerbaijani/Contents (Latin)/Possessive Pronouns and Suffixes

Possessive Adjectives/Possessive My Mənim </tr> Thy Sənin His/her Onun Our Bizim Your Sizin Their Onların In Azerbaijani, Possession contains two parts: possessor and possessed. The possessor is a noun or a pronoun in genitive case: mənim (my), sənin (thy), bacımın (my sister’s) etc. and possessed is a noun that has possessive suffixes: anam (my mother), qardaşın(thy brother), atası (his/her father). For example: Mənim bacım (My sister). Sənin bacın (Thy sister). Onun bacısı (His/her sister). Bizim bacımız (Our sister). Sizin bacınız (Your sister). Onların bacısı (Their sister). Possessive Suffixes Persons Suffixes Persons Suffixes </tr> Mənim (ı)m, -(i)m, -(u)m, -(ü)m kitab+ım (my book) dəftər+im (my notebook) yazı+m (my writing) üz+üm (my face) Bizim -(ı)mız, -(i)miz, -(u)muz, -(ü)müz kitab+ımız (our book) dəftər+imiz (our notebook) yazı+mız (our writing) üz+ümüz (our face) Sənin -(ı)n, -(i)n, -(u)n, -(ü)n kitab+ın (thy book) dəftər+in (thy notebook) yazı+n (thy writing) üz+ün (thy face) Sizin -(ı)nız, -(i)niz, -(u)nuz,-(ü)nüz kitab+ınız (your book) dəftər+iniz (your notebook) yazı+nız (your writing) üz+ünüz (your face) Onun -(s)ı, -(s)i,-(s)u,-(s)ü kitab+ı (his/her book) dəftər+i (his/her notebook) yazı+sı (his/her writing) üz+ü (his/her face) Onların -(s)ı,-(s)i,-(s)u,-(s)ü / -ları, -ləri kitab+ı / kitab+ları (their books) dəftər+i / dəftər+ləri (their notebooks) yazı+sı / yazı+ları (their writings) üz+ü / üz+ləri (their faces) (note that “s” is a connecting consonant and is added when the word ends in a vowel -ata+s+ı) Note that –lar, -lər are plural suffixes. In Azerbaijani they are used if the possessed is plural. If the possessed is singular the plural suffixes are not used. External Links Possessive Pronouns and Suffixes (with video)