1. Possessive Pronouns/Adjectives
2011 – German 1

2. What are they?
Used to show possession/ownership of a person, place, or thing.
A possessive is ALWAYS followed by a noun!
In English:
My, your, his, her, their, and our

3. Examples:
My dog
Our cat
Their classes
His pants
Her attitude

4. What are they in German? They coincide with pronouns on chart:
mein/e -my
unser/unsre -our
dein/e-your
euer / eure-your
ihr /e - their
Ihr/e - your
ihr/e – her
sein/e - his

5. Usage:
When you use possessives you will either use the base form or add an –e to the end of the possessive.
How do you know which to use?
IF your noun that follows it is a feminine or a plural noun, you add an –E
If your noun is a der or a das word, it remains the same.

6. Examples: meine Mutter unser Bruder seine Schwester ihre Oma
eure Geschwister

7. A couple other words:
There are two other words that work the EXACT same way as possessives.
ein and kein – a and no/none
Examples:
A dog – ein Hund
No cat – keine Katze