| 16.3.1 declension of mein (1st person singular) |
substantival
possessive pronouns |
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| German | English | |||
| feminine | masculine | neutral | ||
| Nominative | meine | meiner | meines | mine |
| Genitive | not used * | not used * | not used * | of mine |
| Dative | meiner | meinem | meinem | to mine |
| Accusative | meine | meinen | meines | mine |
| Nominative | meine | meine | meine | mine |
| Genitive | not used | not used | not used | of mine |
| Dative | meinen | meinen | meinen | to mine |
| Accusative | meine | meine | meine | mine |
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* In
common language the Genitive of the substantival possessive
pronoun is not used. There is another form of a possessive
that could be used (der meinige, die meinige, das meinige),
but it sounds really antiquated. If you want to form
a Genitive of meine
it is mostly done like in English.
| Das ist der
Schlüssel von meinem
(Auto etc.). = This is the key of mine. (my car etc.) |
|
If absolutely necessary one could also use meinige,
it just isn't common to do so
:
| Das ist der
Schlüssel des meinigen. = This is the key of mine. |
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The thing that is owned is die Schachtel (a box): feminine, singular, acusativo
| Example: die Schachtel (= box) possessed object => feminine, singular |
| Ich
sehe meine, aber deine nicht. (Accusative) = I see mine but not yours. |
| Example: das Kleid (= dress) possessed object => neutral, singular |
| Du
kannst mit meinem hingehen. (Dative) = You can go with mine. |
| Example: die Häuser (= house) possessed object => neutral, plural |
| Ich sehe meine, aber deine nicht.
= I see mine but not yours. |
