Personal pronouns, Possessive determiners, Possessive pronouns in English
Personal pronouns | Possessive determiners | Possessive pronouns | |
---|---|---|---|
as subject (nominative) | as object (accusative and dative) | as an adjective | as a noun |
I | me | my | mine |
you | you | your | yours |
he | him | his | his |
she | her | her | hers |
it | it | its | its |
we | us | our | ours |
you | you | your | yours |
they | them | their | theirs |
We have some books. | The books are for us. | These are our books. | The books are ours. |
Note: his and its can be possessive determiners or possessive pronouns. Look at the complete sentences to find out which function the pronoun has.