Possessive Adjective - Forms

Forms

possessive determiners commonly have similar forms to personal pronouns. In addition, they have corresponding possessive pronouns, which are also phonetically similar. The following chart shows the English, German, and French personal pronouns, possessive determiners, and possessive pronouns (masculine nominative singular only).

Possessor English German French
Pers.
pron.
(obj)		 Poss.
adj.		 Poss.
pron.		 Pers.
pron.
(gen)		 Poss.
adj.		 Poss.
pron.		 Pers.
pron.
(dat)		 Poss.
adj.		 Poss.
pron.
Singular 1st me my mine meiner mein, meine, meiner, meines, meinem, meinen meiner me mon, ma, mes le mien
2nd thou thy thine deiner
Ihrer		 dein, deine, deiner, deines, deinem, deinen
Ihr, Ihre, Ihrer, Ihres, Ihrem, Ihren		 deiner
Ihrer		 te ton, ta, tes le tien
3rd masc. him his his seiner sein, seine, seiner, seines, seinem, seinen seiner lui son, sa, ses le sien
fem. her her hers ihrer ihr, ihre, ihrer, ihres, ihrem, ihren ihrer
neut. it its (its) seiner sein, seine, seiner, seines, seinem, seinen seiner
Plural 1st us our ours unser unser, unsere, unserer, unseres, unserem, unseren unserer nous notre, nos le nôtre
2nd you your yours euer
Ihrer		 euer, euere, euerer, eueres, euerem, eueren
Ihr, Ihre, Ihrer, Ihres, Ihrem, Ihren		 eurer
Ihrer		 vous votre, vos le vôtre
3rd them their theirs ihrer ihr, ihre, ihrer, ihres, ihrem, ihren ihrer leur leur, leurs le leur

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