Possessive Pronoun vs Possessive Adjective
Difference between Possessive Pronoun and Possessive Adjective:
✏️A possessive adjective is a word that shows ownership or possession and comes before a noun to describe it.
đ Possessive adjective āĻšāϞো āĻāĻŽāύ āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ āϝা āĻোāύো noun-āĻāϰ āĻāĻে āĻŦāϏে āĻāĻŦং āĻŦোāĻাā§ āϏেāĻ noun āĻাāϰ āĻŦা āĻাāϰ āĻ āϧিāĻাāϰāĻুāĻ্āϤ।
Examples:
This is my book. (→ āĻŦāĻāĻি āĻāĻŽাāϰ)
That is their house. (→ āĻāĻা āϤাāĻĻেāϰ āĻŦাā§ি)
*Possessive Pronoun:
A possessive pronoun is a word that shows ownership or possession but is used instead of a noun (it replaces the noun).
đPossessive pronoun āĻšāϞো āĻāĻŽāύ āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ āϝা āĻোāύো noun-āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰিāĻŦāϰ্āϤে āĻŦ্āϝāĻŦāĻšৃāϤ āĻšā§ āĻāĻŦং āĻŦোāĻাā§ āϏেāĻ āĻিāύিāϏ āĻাāϰ।
Examples:
This book is mine. (→ āĻŦāĻāĻা āĻāĻŽাāϰ)
The house is ours. (→ āĻŦাā§িāĻা āĻāĻŽাāĻĻেāϰ)
*"Shortcut Trick to Remember:
Adjective = Noun-āĻāϰ āĻāĻে āĻŦāϏে (my pen)
Pronoun = Noun-āĻāϰ āĻাā§āĻাā§ āĻŦāϏে (The pen is mine)
1. My / Mine
Adjective: This is my pen. (→ āĻāĻি āĻāĻŽাāϰ āĻāϞāĻŽ)
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Pronoun: This pen is mine. (→ āĻāϞāĻŽāĻি āĻāĻŽাāϰ)
2. Your / Yours
Adjective: Where is your bag? (→ āϤোāĻŽাāϰ āĻŦ্āϝাāĻ āĻোāĻĨাāϝ়?)
Pronoun: The bag is yours. (→ āĻŦ্āϝাāĻāĻা āϤোāĻŽাāϰ)
3. His / His
(His āĻĻু’āĻাāĻŦেāĻ āĻŦ্āϝāĻŦāĻšাāϰ āĻšā§ – adjective āĻ pronoun āĻāϞাāĻĻা āĻāϞাāĻĻা āϰূāĻĒ āύেāĻ)
Adjective: That is his book. (→ āĻāĻা āϤাāϰ āĻŦāĻ)
Pronoun: The book is his. (→ āĻŦāĻāĻা āϤাāϰ)
4. Her / Hers
Adjective: I like her dress. (→ āĻāĻŽি āϤাāϰ āĻĒোāĻļাāĻāĻি āĻĒāĻāύ্āĻĻ āĻāϰি)
Pronoun: The dress is hers. (→ āĻĒোāĻļাāĻāĻি āϤাāϰ)
5. Their / Theirs
Adjective: This is their garden. (→ āĻāĻি āϤাāĻĻেāϰ āĻŦাāĻাāύ)
Pronoun: The garden is theirs. (→ āĻŦাāĻাāύāĻা āϤাāĻĻেāϰ)
6. Our / Ours
Adjective: We love our country. (→ āĻāĻŽāϰা āĻāĻŽাāĻĻেāϰ āĻĻেāĻļāĻে āĻাāϞোāĻŦাāϏি)
Pronoun: The country is ours. (→ āĻĻেāĻļāĻা āĻāĻŽাāĻĻেāϰ)
✅ Quick Note:
Possessive Adjective → noun-āĻāϰ āĻāĻে āĻŦāϏে (my book, her pen)
Possessive Pronoun → noun-āĻāϰ āĻাā§āĻাā§ āĻŦāϏে (book is mine, pen is hers)
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