Introduction
Adjectives are determiners that can be placed in two different positions within a sentence to modify or describe a person or a thing.
Possessive adjectives are used to show that one thing belongs to someone.
Form
Possessive adjectives are used together with nouns and can be distinguished by number and gender. We don’t use articles and other determiners before possessive adjectives.
Possessive adjectives are:
| Subject Pronouns | Possessive Adjetives |
|---|---|
| I | My |
| You | Your |
| He | His |
| She | Her |
| It | Its |
| We | Our |
| You | Your |
| They | Their |
Example
- My father and I are policemen.
- Is this her house?
- Our cat doesn’t like fish.
Use
We use possessive adjectives to show that something belongs to someone (person or animal).
NOTE: Possessive adjectives are actually determiners, but in dictionaries or grammar books they are usually referred to as adjectives.
Summary
Possessive adjectives express the belonging of something to a person or an animal. We distinguish them by number and gender.
They are: my, your, his, her, its, our, your and their.
For example:
— „It is not her sandwich, it’s my sandwich.“ = Her/my describe another element in the sentence (they are possessive adjectives).
♦ „It is not her sandwich, it’s mine.“ = Mine replace another element in the sentence (it is a possessive pronoun).
NOTE: We don’t use determiners before possessive adjectives, because they are already a kind of determiners.
Let’s revise this content within the {Form} section. Take a look at the {Example} section that shows its use within a context.