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Nouns, articles & quantity · CEFR A1 · Starting
Who it belongs to. Add ’s to a person.
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This book is mine.
noun's · my / your / his / her
Question 1 of 1
Choose an answer, then check why it fits.
This is a check of this example, not an English level assessment.
Example 1 of 4
यह किताब मेरी है।
This book is mine.
Who it belongs to. Add ’s to a person.
That phone is yours.
Who it belongs to. Add ’s to a person.
This bag is his.
Who it belongs to. Add ’s to a person.
These shoes are mine.
Who it belongs to. Add ’s to a person.
The shape
noun's · my / your / his / her
Say whose something is.
In Hindi
किसकी चीज़ है। व्यक्ति के नाम के बाद ’s लगता है।
CoCap explains every structure in both languages, because a rule you understand in Hindi is a rule you can use in English.
The sentence Indian-English speakers actually produce, and the reason it is wrong.
| Commonly said | Correct English |
|---|---|
This is the bag of Rahul. | This is Rahul's bag. For people, English uses ’s rather than "of". |
Easiest first. Every sentence is authored, with the Hindi it comes from.
This book is mine.
यह किताब मेरी है।
That phone is yours.
वह फोन तुम्हारा है।
This bag is his.
यह बैग उसका है।
also correct: This bag is hers.
These shoes are mine.
ये जूते मेरे हैं।
That house is ours.
वह घर हमारा है।
This room is theirs.
यह कमरा उनका है।
Whose book is this?
यह किसकी किताब है?
Whose phone is this?
यह किसका फोन है?
Whose shoes are these?
ये किसके जूते हैं?
My phone is here.
मेरा फोन यहाँ है।
Close enough to be mixed up with this one. Knowing the difference is most of knowing either.
Where this structure sits in the ladder, and what surrounds it.
Possessives is a CEFR A1 structure — the starting band — and it belongs to nouns, articles & quantity. CoCap’s syllabus files every structure this way so you can learn in order instead of jumping between whatever a search happened to return.
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