Possessive Determiner - 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 meiner me mon le mien
2nd you your yours deiner dein deiner te ton le tien
3rd masc. him his his seiner sein seiner lui son le sien
fem. her her hers ihrer ihr ihrer
neut. it its (its) seiner sein seiner
Plural 1st us our ours unser unser unserer nous notre le nôtre
2nd you your yours euer euer eurer vous votre le vôtre
3rd them their theirs ihrer ihr ihrer leur leur le leur

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