Possessive adjectives
my, your, his / her
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la mia casa my house |
la tua casa your house |
la sua casa* his/her house |
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il mio cane my dog |
il tuo cane your dog |
il suo cane his/her dog |
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le mie case my houses |
le tue case your houses |
le sue case his/her houses |
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i miei cani my dogs |
i tuoi cani your dogs |
i suoi cani his/her dogs |
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our, your, their |
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la nostra casa our house |
la vostra casa your house |
la loro casa their house |
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il nostro cane our dog |
il vostro cane your house |
il loro cane their dog |
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le nostre case our houses |
le vostre case your houses |
le loro case their houses |
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i nostri cani our dogs |
i vostri cani your dogs |
i loro cani their dogs |
*to avoid ambiguity, you can say la casa di lui, la casa di lei
*to speak about possessions of one person ( whom we address Lei) Suo /Sua /Sue / Suoi is written with capital S
example: Scusi, questa è la Sua macchina? Excuse me, is this your car?
Notes:
- possessive adjectives agree in gender and number with the noun they stand before
- they are usually used with the definite (or indefinite) article.
- Il mio amico – my friend
- Un mio amico – a friend of mine
- With loro the article is always used
- loro never changes its form
- possessive case: la macchina di Pietro - Peter´s car