Questions & Answers about मेरा पुराना फोन काम नहीं करता; यह सच है।
Why is it मेरा and not मेरी or मेरे?
Because मेरा agrees with फोन, and फोन is treated as masculine singular in Hindi.
- मेरा = my (for masculine singular nouns)
- मेरी = my (for feminine singular nouns)
- मेरे = my (for masculine plural nouns, and in some other grammatical contexts)
So:
- मेरा फोन = my phone
- मेरी किताब = my book
- मेरे दोस्त = my friends
Why is पुराना used here?
पुराना means old, and it also agrees with फोन.
Since फोन is masculine singular, the adjective takes the masculine singular form:
- पुराना फोन = old phone
- पुरानी किताब = old book
- पुराने फोन = old phones
So मेरा पुराना फोन means my old phone.
Is फोन really masculine in Hindi?
Yes, फोन is commonly treated as masculine in standard Hindi.
Many borrowed nouns in Hindi are assigned a grammatical gender, and फोन is usually masculine. That is why you get: