tiegħu / tagħha

His and Hers

Level 1

tiegħu: his; tagħha: her/hers.

How It Works

Place tiegħu or tagħha after the noun in an ordinary possessive noun phrase. A definite possessed noun takes its appropriate article. Choose tiegħu for a masculine singular possessor and tagħha for a feminine singular possessor. Neither form changes when the possession changes gender or number.

Compare il-kamra tiegħu, “his room,” with il-kamra tagħha, “her room.” The room remains feminine; only its owner changes. In il-kotba tagħha, several books belong to one feminine possessor. Descriptive adjectives follow the possession's agreement features, so plural books take sbieħ. Some kinship and body-part nouns have attached possessive suffixes with their own lexical stems. Preserve ordinary tagħha, including both għ and h; pronunciation does not justify replacing its spelling.

Examples (3)

  1. Il-kamra tiegħu nadifa.

    His room is clean.

    Tiegħu identifies the masculine possessor; nadifa describes the feminine room.

  2. Il-kamra tagħha nadifa.

    Her room is clean.

    The owner changes while the possessed noun remains feminine.

  3. Il-kotba tagħha sbieħ.

    Her books are beautiful.

    Tagħha identifies one feminine possessor; sbieħ describes plural books.

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tiegħu / tagħhaLevel 1His and Hers

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Extend personal possession to third-person singular owners, using the unchanged room and then plural books to separate possessor reference from subject description.

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