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Spoken Description

Guía clara de los pronombres posesivos en español: formas, concordancia de género y número, posición en la oración y ejemplos prácticos para hablar y escribir con precisión. Source:

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Clear guide to Spanish possessive pronouns: forms, gender and number agreement, position in the sentence, and practical examples for speaking and writing with accuracy.

Possessive pronouns show who owns or is associated with something, and they replace nouns to avoid repetition. This guide covers the main possessive pronouns in English and gives clear examples of how to use them naturally.

Key English

The key possessive pronouns in English are mine, yours, his, hers, its, ours, and theirs, and each one matches the owner in gender and number. These pronouns always stand alone and replace a noun phrase that shows possession.

Usage

Use a possessive pronoun after you have already mentioned the thing that is owned, so you don't have to repeat the noun. They work well in short answers and in sentences where the possession is clear from context. Possessive pronouns never come with a following noun—if you need to keep the noun, use a possessive adjective instead (like my, your, his, her, its, our, their).

Fill in the BlankI finished the book you lent me. This copy is(yours).

I finished the book you lent me. This copy is yours.

Use a possessive pronoun (e.g., 'mine', 'yours') in this sentence: 'I finished the book you lent me. This copy is ___ (yours).'

Examples

Special Cases

Its is tricky because it does not have an apostrophe, and hers and mine do not show an apostrophe either. Also, their (with an apostrophe) = they are, which is different from the possessive their.

Which choice correctly completes the sentence with the possessive pronoun or adjective?

The cat licked hers paw.

The cat licked its paw.

The cat licked it's paw.

The cat licked its' paw.

Summary

Possessive pronouns replace a noun that shows ownership and make sentences shorter and clearer. Remember to use mine, yours, his, hers, its, ours, and theirs when you want to stand for the whole thing owned, and use possessive adjectives when you need to keep the noun.