Level: beginner
| Subject | Object | Possessive adjective | Possessive pronoun |
|---|---|---|---|
| I | me | my | mine |
| you | you | your | yours |
| he | him | his | his |
| she | her | her | hers |
| it | it | its | - |
| we | us | our | ours |
| they | them | their | theirs |
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Possessive pronouns do not have an apostrophe:
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We can use a possessive pronoun instead of a full noun phrase to avoid repeating words:
Is that John's car?
No, it's mine. (NOT No, it's [my car].)Whose coat is this?
Is it yours? (NOT Is it [your coat]?)Her coat is grey.
Mine is brown. (NOT[My coat]is brown.)
- Possessives: pronouns 1
Level: intermediate
We can use possessive pronouns and nouns after of. We can say:
Susan is one of my friends. > Susan is a friend of mine.
(NOT Susan is a friendof me.)I am one of Susan's friends. > I am a friend of Susan's.
(NOT I am a friendof Susan.)
- Possessives: pronouns 2
Comments
It's really great.
Why isn’t there a possessive pronoun “its” ?
Hello again re_nez
It's not included in the table on this page because it's something native speakers don't use. To be honest, I don't know exactly why this is, but I expect that it has to do with the way the language evolved over the past 1500 years.
All the best
Kirk
The LearnEnglish Team
Hello. My question is: what’s the rule for possessive pronouns when you want to use nouns or names. Do you place an apostrophe at the end of a name or not? For example: is it: that house was hers and Johns? or: that house was hers and John’s?
Thank you very much.
Hello Antosole7,
The correct form here is John's.
Peter
The LearnEnglish Team
Hello .... I have a problem to understand how and when to use possesive nouns and adjectives.....for example... Your house is big but mine/my is small??? Their car is expensive but ours/our is cheap??
Hello Andrea, you could say: "Your house is big but mine is small". In this case, "mine" means "my house".
The same goes for "Their car is expensive but ours (=our car) is cheap".
Hope that helped.
Hello Andrea, you could say: " Your house is bigger than mine."
Is this car cheaper than ours?
Hello Andrea Klocová
An adjective goes with a noun or pronoun and a pronoun takes the place of a noun. In the phrases 'your house' and 'their car', 'your' and 'their' go with the nouns 'house' and 'car' and identify them.
'mine' doesn't go with a noun -- instead it takes the place of the idea 'my house'. In the same way, 'ours' doesn't go with a noun and takes the place of the idea 'our car'. Since they take the place of a noun, these are pronouns and so we use the pronoun forms.
Does that make sense?
All the best
Kirk
The LearnEnglish Team
Plz I want more advice about, possive pronoun .like how to use in this
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