Possessive Adjectives and Pronouns

Vamos estudar nesse post os Possessive Adjectives and Pronouns. Daremos atenção na sua formação e uso. Teremos também em destaque as sentenças e o áudio.

Subject	Possessive Adjectives	Possessive Pronouns
I	my	mine – meu(s), minha(s)
you	your	yours – seu/teu(s), sua/tua(s)
he	his	his – seu(s), sua(s) dele
she	her	hers – seu(s), sua(s), dela
it	its	its – seu(s), sua(s) dele, dela
we	our	ours – nosso(s), nossa(s)
you	your	yours – seus, suas, de vocês
they	their	theirs – seu(s), sua(s), dele(s), dela(s)

We use possessive adjectives + noun (my money / your book etc.).
We use possessive pronouns without a noun. (It’s mine, It’s ours etc.)

Possessive Adjectives	Possessive Pronouns
my book	It’s mine.
your book	It’s yours.
his book	It’s his.
her book	It’s hers.
our book	It’s ours.
their book	It’s theirs.

its (Brazil is famous for its beaches, music and football.)

Possessive Adjectives can be used with the adjective own.
Possessive Pronouns + of > a friend of mine / a friend of his / some friends of yours etc

I’m going to wash my hands.
David lives with his parents.
I saw Laura with her husband.
The rabbit is in its cage.
Do you like your job?
She doesn’t know your wife.
I like football. It’s my favourite sport.
Brazil is famous for its beaches, music and football.
Is that your book?
This isn’t their car.
We like our English teacher.
I found my pen… but where’s its cap?

Is this book mine or yours?
It’s their problem, not ours.
Is this his camera or hers?
This is a nice hat. Is it yours?
That’s not my umbrella. Mine is black
Their apartment is near ours.
My father is tall. His is short.
Our car is new. Theirs is old.
I talked to a friend of mine.
They went on holiday with some friends of theirs.
Whose car is this? It’s mine.

We like our English teacher. She is nice and she doesn’t give us too much homework.
The bird is in its cage.
Is this your house?
His mobile phone is ringing.