possessive pronouns
Words showing belonging
Possessive pronouns show ownership without needing a noun after them: mine, yours, his, hers, its, ours, theirs.
They stand alone where possessive adjectives need a noun: That book is mine versus my book.
Is this seat yours?
The victory was theirs.
Ore excavation site
- yoursPossessive for addressee
- hisMale possessive pronoun
- hersFemale possessive pronoun
- itsNeuter possessive pronoun
ours · theirs · whose · singular · plural · determiner · genitive · case
Things you possess
- propertySomething owned or inherent
- titleFormal honorific or name
- claimStatement of ownership or truth
- rightsJustified claims to freedoms
assets · estate · territory · domain · stewardship · custody · keeper · holder
State of being related
- familyRelated people together
- partnerOne who shares activity
- bondBinding tie or connection
- connectionA joining or relation
alliance · belonging · affiliation · membership · association · ties · attachment · intimacy
One's own being
- individualityUnique personal character
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
- personalRelating to one's self
- selfhoodIndividual identity, personhood
ego · agency · personhood · subjectivity · self-reference · self-expression · boundaries · distinctiveness
mine
Ore excavation site
its · ours · theirs · whose · singular · plural · determiner · genitive · case · person
belongings
Things you possess
- propertySomething owned or inherent
- titleFormal honorific or name
- claimStatement of ownership or truth
rights · assets · estate · territory · domain · stewardship · custody · keeper · holder · proprietor
kinship
State of being related
connection · alliance · belonging · affiliation · membership · association · ties · attachment · intimacy · loyalty
self
One's own being
- individualityUnique personal character
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
- personalRelating to one's self
selfhood · ego · agency · personhood · subjectivity · self-reference · self-expression · boundaries · distinctiveness · uniqueness
possessive pronounsdemonstratives
Words indicating specific referents
personal pronouns · reflexive pronouns · subject pronouns · object pronouns · relative pronouns
possessive pronounsdemonstratives
Words indicating specific referents
definite articles · indefinite articles · quantifiers · cardinal numbers
possession, possessive, possessed, pronoun, possessing, possessor, possesses, repossession, dispossessed