-వి

వి Telugu Pronunciation Suffix te suffix te noun marker contraction of the pronouns te అవి or te ఇవి; used to form neuter plural nouns from adjectives, often as a predicate marker used with the genitive case of nouns to indicate possession te ఇవి నావి. These are mine. yes te ఈ బట్టలు అతనివి. These clothes are his. yes te ఈ పుస్తకాలు విజయవి. These books are Vijay’s. yes used with the participle form of verbs to form nouns meaning "the ones which (the verb)" te కొన్నవి the ones which were bought yes used with general adjectives to form nouns meaning "the (the adjective) ones" te ఈ కాలాలు కొత్తవి. These pens are new. These pens new ones. yes second person singular concord marker te నువ్వు నా స్నేహితుడివి. You are my friend. yes Usage notes Nouns ending with the predicate marker suffix -వి are declined as if the అవి pronoun wasn't contracted, i.e., the oblique stem uses the suffix te -వాటి. There is no second person plural or third person concord marker. Bare nouns are used as the predicate in such nominal sentences. Derived terms te References 1169 వి Ramanarasimham Parimi June 2006 An Intensive Course in Telugu 2nd https://archive.org/details/dli.language.2300/page/n4/mode/1up Mysore Central Institute of Indian Languages 62, 177, 190, 228, 611 81-7342-162-5