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Possessive pronouns - Easy Learning Grammar Italian

What is a possessive pronoun?
In English the possessive pronouns are mine, yours, his, hers, ours and theirs.
You use them instead of a possessive adjective followed by a noun. For example, instead of saying My bag is the blue one, you say Mine’s the blue one.
  • Here are the Italian possessive pronouns; they are exactly the same as Italian possessive adjectives, but with the definite article in front of them.
  • For more information on Possessive adjectives and the Definite article, see Possessive adjectives
    and 11.
SingularPluralMeaning
MasculineFeminineMasculineFeminine
il miola miai mieile miemine
il tuola tuai tuoile tueyours (familiar)
il suola suai suoile suehis, hers, yours (polite)
il nostrola nostrai nostrile nostreours
il vostrola vostrai vostrile vostreyours
il lorola loroi lorole lorotheirs
TipThere are three ways of saying yours, because there are three words for you – tu, lei and voi.
Questa borsa non è la mia, è la tua.This bag’s not mine, it’s yours.
Non è il mio, è il suo, signore.It’s not mine, it’s yours, sir.
La nostra casa è piccola,
la vostra è grande.
Our house is small, yours is big.
I miei genitori e i suoi si conoscono.My parents and hers know each other.
  • Note that i miei, i tuoi and i suoi are used to refer to someone’s parents.
Vivo con i miei.I live with my parents.
Cosa hanno detto i tuoi?What did your parents say?
Lucia è venuta con i suoi.Lucia came with her parents.
  • In Italian, possessive pronouns agree with the noun they’re used instead of.
    For example il mio can only be used to refer to a masculine singular noun.
Key points
  • Italian possessive pronouns are the same as Italian possessive adjectives.
  • They are masculine or feminine, singular or plural, depending on what they refer to.
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  • Nouns
    • Using nouns
    • Making nouns plural
  • Articles
    • Two types of article
    • The definite article
    • The indefinite article
  • Adjectives
    • Using adjectives
    • How to make adjectives agree
    • Comparing people or things
    • Demonstrative adjectives
    • Interrogative adjectives
    • Adjectives used in exclamations
    • Possessive adjectives
    • Indefinite adjectives
  • Pronouns
    • Subject pronouns
    • Object pronouns
    • Possessive pronouns
    • ne and ci
    • Indefinite pronouns
    • Relative pronouns
    • Interrogative pronouns
    • Demonstrative pronouns
  • Verbs
    • Overview of verbs
    • The present tenses
    • The present simple tense
    • essere and stare
    • The present continuous tense
    • The imperative
    • Reflexive verbs
    • The future tense
    • The conditional
    • The imperfect tense
    • The perfect tense
    • The past historic
    • The pluperfect or past perfect tense
    • The passive
    • The gerund
    • Impersonal verbs
    • The subjunctive
    • The infinitive
    • Prepositions after verbs
    • Verbal idioms
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  • Questions
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    • Question words
  • Adverbs
    • How adverbs are used
    • How to form adverbs
    • Making comparisons using adverbs
    • Some common adverbs
    • Where to put adverbs
  • Prepositions
    • Using prepositions
    • a, di, da, in, su and per
    • Some other common prepositions
  • Conjunctions
    • e, ma, anche, o, perché, che and se
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    • Split conjunctions
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