Suffixes in Egyptian Arabic for possessive
When do you add the suffix -y vs the suffix -ty? For instance: my book is kitaby whereas my watch is sa3aty
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Hi Amber,
everything belongs to me ends with y ي like كتابي / بيتي , but note that in feminine words having ta-marbuta ـة it becomes normal ta ت when you add the possessive suffix y after it. / نظارة => نظارتي / ساعة => ساعتــي
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any male objective belongs to me end with Y like كتاب for me كتابي
قلم / قلمي
موبايل / موبايلي
any female objective belongs to me end with ty and we can find it with ة in the end of word .
ساعة / ساعتي
شوكة / شوكتي
ولاعة / ولاعتي
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