8. Possessive Pronouns

How does a possessive pronoun work?

A possessive indicates who something belongs to (e.g. my, your, his).

How do possessive pronouns decline?

Most of these are 2-1-2 adjectives, which agree in number/gender/case with the thing possessed (not the possessor).

my (belonging to me)

meus, -a, um

our (belonging to us)

noster, nostra, nostrum

your (belonging to you sg)

tuus, tua, tuum

your (belonging to you pl)

vester, vestra, vestrum

his/her/its/their own (belonging to the subject)

suus, sua, suum

his/her/its (belonging to someone that is not the subject)

eius, eius, eius

their (belonging to someone that is not the subject)

eorum, earum, eorum

my, sg, nom, masc (first person)

meus

my, sg, acc, masc (first person)

meum

my, sg, gen, masc (first person)

my, sg, dat, masc (first person)

my, sg, abl, masc (first person)

my, pl, nom, masc (first person)

meus

my, pl, voc, masc (first person)

mi

my, pl, acc, masc (first person)

meum

my, pl, gen, masc (first person)

mei

my, pl, dat, masc (first person)

my, pl, abl, masc (first person)

my, sg, nom, fem (first person)

my, sg, acc, fem (first person)

my, sg, gen, fem (first person)

my, sg, dat, fem (first person)

my, sg, abl, fem (first person)

my, pl, nom, fem (first person)

my, pl, acc, fem (first person)

my, pl, gen, fem (first person)

my, pl, dat, fem (first person)

my, pl, abl, fem (first person)

my, sg, nom, neut (first person)

my, sg, acc, neut (first person)

my, sg, gen, neut (first person)

my, sg, dat, neut (first person)

my, sg, abl, neut (first person)

my, pl, nom, neut (first person)

my, pl, acc, neut (first person)

my, pl, gen, neut (first person)

my, pl, dat, neut (first person)

my, pl, abl, neut (first person)