| 16.1 Possessive pronouns in German |
Possessive
pronouns as adjectives |
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| personal pronouns | possessive pronouns - adjectival (basic form) | possessive pronouns - substantival (basic form) | |||
| German | English | German | English | German | English |
| ich | I | mein/e | my | mein/s/e | mine |
| Du | you | dein/e | your | dein/s/e | yours |
| er | he | sein/e | his | sein/s/e | his |
| sie | she | ihr/e | her | ihr/s/e | hers |
| es | it | sein/e | its | sein/s/e | its |
| wir | we | unser/e | our | unser/s/e | ours |
| ihr | you | euer/eure | your | euers/eure | yours |
| sie | they | ihr/e | their | ihr/s/e | theirs |
| Examples | |
| personal pronouns - adjectival | |
| German | English |
| Meine Blumen sind rot. | My flowers are red. |
| Du hast grüne Augen | You have green eyes. |
| personal pronouns - substantival | |
| German | English |
| Meine sind blau. | Mine are blue. |
| Deine sind grün. | Yours are green. |
Now that you have seen the overview and read that there
is said something about basic form, you'll probably already
know that there is more to it, since there is the omnipresent
declension. But not enough with the declension! We
have to consider the gender (in masculine, feminine
and neutral) and the number. That makes quite to huge
number of declensions only for the possessive pronouns.
The accordance of the gender and number is always related
to the object that is possessed, but we will see more
in detail.
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