Azerbaijani/Contents (Latin)/Possessive Pronouns and Suffixes

Possessive Adjectives/Possessive

My	Mənim
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
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)