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Posessives pronouns (mine, yours, ours, theirs)

Possessive determiners and Possessive pronouns

The following topic is possessive pronouns.

Possessive pronouns and possessive determiners have the same structure. Understanding this topic would then be beneficial to you. Possessive pronouns are quite simple in sentences because they do not follow the noun. The verbs in the following example come before the possessive pronouns.

Example in sentence:

Mine

Portuguese English

De quem é este livro?

É meu.

Whose book is this?

It is mine.

De quem é esta camisa?

É minha.

Whose shirt is this?

It is mine.

De quem são estes livros?

São meus.

Whose books are these?

Are mine.

De quem são estas camisas?

São minhas.

Whose shirts are these?

Are mine.

However, possessive pronouns yours can be divided into three; yours (singular informal), yours (singular formal) and yours (plural).

Yours-singular (informal / formal)

Portuguese English

De quem é este livro?

É teu / seu.

Whose book is this?

It is yours.

De quem é esta camisa?

É tua / sua.

Whose shirt is this?

It is yours.

De quem são estes livros?

São teus / seus.

Whose books are these?

Are yours.

De quem são estas camisas?

São tuas / suas.

Whose shirts are these?

Are yours.

Yours – plural

Portuguese English

De quem é este livro?

É vosso.

Whose book is this?

It is yours.

De quem é esta camisa?

É vossa.

Whose shirt is this?

It is yours.

De quem são estes livros?

São vossos.

Whose books are these?

Are yours.

De quem são estas camisas?

São vossas.

Whose shirts are these?

Are yours.

Ours

Portuguese English

De quem é este livro?

É nosso.

Whose book is this?

It is ours.

De quem é esta camisa?

É vossa.

Whose shirt is this?

It is ours.

De quem são estes livros?

São nossos.

Whose books are these?

Are ours.

De quem são estas camisas?

São nossas.

Whose shirts are these?

Are ours.

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