"Books are my friends."

Translation: किताबें मेरी दोस्त हैं ।

[MarcinM85]

So here दोस्त is treated as a feminine word because of किताबें? मेरे is not accepted, only मेरी.

[Zesul]

Yes, you guessed it right.

[Kevin353755]

Are there any other words like that, that can be either masculine or feminine depending on context yet don't have endings that would indicate such?

[Zesul]

That's a good question. There aren't many such words, and I'm not sure if there is a way to infer if a word behaves like that, but here are some that do: दुश्मन (enemy), विद्यार्थि (student), वैज्ञानिक (scientist), दूत (ambassador), गुरु.

[MeeraVinod1]

I'm still confused. Can someone pls explain why meri dosth comes and not mere dosth ?

[Kevin353755]

For adjectives, the feminine singular and plural forms are both the same. In this example, किताबें is plural feminine, and it's implied that दोस्त is also plural feminine. Take a look at the following examples:

राज मेरा दोस्त है = Raj is my friend.

राज और आमिर मेरे दोस्त हैं = Raj and Aamir are my friends.

जूलिया मेरी दोस्त है = Julia is my friend.

जूलिया और नेहा मेरी दोस्त हैं = Julia and Neha are my friends.

[rae_smith28]

That's kind of sad.

[Thorsten781499]

When do you say दोस्तों and when दोस्त (plural) ?

[Olexsa]

दोस्त is a word of masculine gender. It is the same plural or singular. दोस्तों is the Oblique Case of a plural form of this word.

The gender and number of possessive pronouns agrees with the gender and number of the object. How is it possible to write मेरी दोस्त ?

[GalacticGamer]

this guys a bookworm honestly

[SureshKuma478135]

Dd