Possessives and demonstratives share one logic in Malayalam, so they are taught together. A Malayalam possessive is just the pronoun plus one ending: -ഉടെ after a vowel, -ന്റെ after a consonant. Match it to respect, gender and number, and remember that അവരുടെ is the respectful 'his' or 'her'. Then the demonstratives, built on one opposition: ഇ for near, അ for far. From that one pair you can predict here and there, like this and like that, now and then. You also find out why അവൻ (he) is really a pointing word. Words and phrases in this class: എന്റെ (ente) – my നിന്റെ (ninte) – your (intimate) നിങ്ങളുടെ (ningalude) – your (respectful) അവരുടെ (avarude) – their; his or her (respectful) നമ്മുടെ (nammude) – our (including you) ഞങ്ങളുടെ (njangalude) – our (not yours) ആരുടെ പുസ്തകം ആണ് ഇത്? (aarude pusthakam aanu ithu?) – whose book is this? അമ്മയുടെ വീട് (ammayude veedu) – mother's house ഇത് (ithu) – this അത് (athu) – that ഇവിടെ (ivide) – here അവിടെ (avide) – there ഇങ്ങനെ (ingane) – like this In this class: • One possessive ending that attaches to anything • Matching respect, gender and number, and why അവരുടെ beats അവളുടെ for elders • The ഇ (near) and അ (far) system behind dozens of words • Why the word for 'he' is a demonstrative Quizzes below. Dr. Reshmi R Nair — SpeakMalayalam.