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. |
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| 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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