than on others. For instance, my home can be written בֵּיתִי (beiti). However, the following are some different ways to express possession, using the word בַּיִת (bayit, house) as a base: my house: בֵּיתִי beiti (house-my), הַבַּיִת שֶׁלִּי ha-bayit sheli (the-house of-me) your (masc., sing.) house: בֵּיתְךָ beitkha (house-your), הַבַּיִת שֶׁלְּךָ ha-bayit shelkha (the-house of-you) Adam's house: בֵּית אָדָם beit Adam (house-of Adam), בֵּיתוֹ שֶׁל אָדָם beito shel Adam (house-his of Adam), הַבַּיִת שֶׁל אָדָם ha-bayit shel Adam (the-house of Adam) Assyrian In Assyrian Neo-Aramaic, a Modern Aramaic language, possessive pronouns are suffixes that are attached to the end of nouns to express possession similar to the English pronouns my, your, his, her, etc., which reflects the gender and the number of the person or persons. Although possessive suffixes are more convenient and common, they can be optional for some people and seldom used, especially among those with the Tyari and Barwari dialects. The following are the alternative ways to express possession, using the word "bĕtā" (house) as a base: my house: bĕtā it dēyi ("house of mine") your (masc., sing.) house: bĕtā it dēyūkh ("house of yours") your (fem., sing.) house: bĕtā it dēyakh your (plural) house: bĕtā it dēyōkhūn ("house of yours") 3rd person (masc., sing.): bĕtā it dēyū ("house of his") 3rd person (fem., sing.): bĕtā it dēyō ("house of hers") 3rd person (plural): bĕtā it dēyĕh ("house of theirs") Indo-European languages Armenian In Armenian, the following suffixes are used (Eastern standard): Persian Persian, an Indo-European language, has possessive suffixes: e.g. pedar-am my father; barâdar-aš his/her brother Central Morocco Tamazight Central Morocco Tamazight's use of possessive suffixes mirrors that of many other Afro-Asiatic languages. -inw is used when the noun ends in a consonant Independent possessives are formed by attaching the possessive suffixes to (if the object possessed is masculine) or ' (for feminine), e.g. ('mine'). Turkish Possessive forms of the noun ev ("house"): The plural of ev is evler, and the form evleri is ambiguous; it can be , with the 3rd-person plural possessive suffix, or , with the 3rd-person singular possessive suffix. Additionally, when suffixed to a plural form, the plural suffix -leri is replaced by -i, so "their houses" is not *evlerleri but just also evleri, making this form triply ambiguous. The Turkish possessive suffixes obey vowel harmony (ok – "arrow"; okum – "my arrow"; okları – "their arrow" or "his/her/their arrows"). If the