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Possessive Pronouns
Possessive Pronouns
Possessive Pronouns
Possessive pronouns are used in English to avoid
repeating information.
Example:
This pencil is my pencil, not your pencil.
(Sounds repetitive)
This pencil is mine, not yours.
(Mine and yours are possessive pronouns)
Possessive adjective
Possessive Pronouns
My
Mine
Your
Yours
His
His
Her
Hers
Its
Its
Our
Ours
Their
Theirs
Meaning
mine
el mo / la ma
los mos / las mas
ours
el nuestro / la nuestra
los nuestros / las nuestras
yours (familiar)
el tuyo / la tuya
los tuyos / las tuyas
yours (familiar)
el vuestro / la vuestra
los vuestros / las vuestras
his, hers
el suyo / la suya
los suyos / las suyas
theirs
el suyo / la suya
los suyos / las suyas
Describes a
noun
Takes the
place of a
noun
Examples:
My house is big (MY is an adjective, describes the house )
Yours is small (YOURS is a pronoun, takes the place of noun
house)
Possessive Adjective:
Possessive Adjective
Noun
My cat is small.
Her dog is black.
Their brother plays soccer.
Noun
Possessive Pronoun
Examples
This is my table. >>>> POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVE
The table is mine.>>>> POSSESSIVE PRONOUN
Is that your pencil?>>POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVE
Is that pencil yours?>>POSSESSIVE PRONOUN