Personal Pronouns and Their Cases
Nominative Case • Objective Case • Possessive Case
Personal Pronouns with Marathi Meaning and Examples
1. Nominative Case (कर्तरी / कर्ता)
The pronoun used as the subject or doer of an action is called the Nominative Case.
2. Objective Case (कर्म)
The pronoun used as the object of a verb or preposition is called the Objective Case.
3. Possessive Case (मालकी / संबंध)
The pronoun that shows ownership, possession or relationship is called the Possessive Case.
The following chart shows Personal Pronouns according to Person, Number and Case, with their Marathi meanings.
| Person & Number | Nominative Case (कर्ता) |
Marathi Meaning | Objective Case (कर्म) |
Marathi Meaning | Possessive Case (मालकी) |
Marathi Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Person – Singular | I | मी | me | मला / माझ्यावर / माझ्याशी | my / mine | माझा / माझी / माझे |
| 1st Person – Plural | we | आम्ही / आपण | us | आम्हाला / आपल्याला | our / ours | आमचा / आमची / आमचे |
| 2nd Person – Singular / Plural | you | तू / तुम्ही / आपण | you | तुला / तुम्हाला | your / yours | तुझा / तुझी / तुझे / तुमचा / तुमची / तुमचे |
| 3rd Person – Singular – Masculine | he | तो | him | त्याला / त्याच्यावर / त्याच्याशी | his | त्याचा / त्याची / त्याचे |
| 3rd Person – Singular – Feminine | she | ती | her | तिला / तिच्यावर / तिच्याशी | her / hers | तिचा / तिची / तिचे |
| 3rd Person – Singular – Neuter | it | ते / हा / ही | it | त्याला / त्यास | its | त्याचा / त्याची / त्याचे |
| 3rd Person – Plural | they | ते / त्या | them | त्यांना / त्यांच्यावर / त्यांच्याशी | their / theirs | त्यांचा / त्यांची / त्यांचे |
1st Person – Singular: I → me → my / mine
1st Person – Plural: we → us → our / ours
2nd Person: you → you → your / yours
3rd Person – Masculine: he → him → his
3rd Person – Feminine: she → her → her / hers
3rd Person – Neuter: it → it → its
3rd Person – Plural: they → them → their / theirs
Remember these forms:
I → me → my / mine
We → us → our / ours
You → you → your / yours
He → him → his
She → her → her / hers
It → it → its
They → them → their / theirs
my, our, your, her, their are generally used before a noun.
Example: my book, our school, your pen, her bag, their house
mine, ours, yours, hers, theirs are used independently, without a noun immediately after them.
Example: This book is mine.
हे पुस्तक माझे आहे.
Nominative Case → Subject / Doer of the action
Objective Case → Object of the verb or preposition
Possessive Case → Shows possession, ownership or relationship
Therefore, remember: I – me – my/mine, he – him – his, she – her – her/hers, etc.

