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Possessive Adjectives What are they? What do they do? What do they look like?

Possessive Adjectives What are they? What do they do? What do they look like?

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Possessive Adjectives

What are they? What do they do? What do they look like?

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What are Possessive Adjectives?

O Adjectives describe and/or modify nouns.

O Possession implies ownership.O Possessive adjectives show

ownership of the noun to which they are attached.

O They take the physical position of an article in relationship to a noun.O the car my car

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What do Possessive Adjectives look like?

Pronoun

I

you (singular, informal)

he

she

it

we

you (plural, informal)

they

You (formal)

Possessive adjectives mirror their

pronoun counterparts.

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What do Possessive Adjectives look like?

Pronoun Possessive Adj.

I myPossessive adjectives mirror their

pronoun counterpart

s.

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What do Possessive Adjectives look like?

Pronoun Possessive Adj.

I my

you (singular, informal)

yourPossessive adjectives mirror their

pronoun counterpart

s.

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What do Possessive Adjectives look like?

Pronoun Possessive Adj.

I my

you (singular, informal)

your

he his

Possessive adjectives mirror their

pronoun counterpart

s.

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What do Possessive Adjectives look like?

Pronoun Possessive Adj.

I my

you (singular, informal)

your

he his

she her

Possessive adjectives mirror their

pronoun counterpart

s.

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What do Possessive Adjectives look like?

Pronoun Possessive Adj.

I my

you (singular, informal)

your

he his

she her

it its

Possessive adjectives mirror their

pronoun counterpart

s.

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What do Possessive Adjectives look like?

Pronoun Possessive Adj.

I my

you (singular, informal)

your

he his

she her

it its

we our

Possessive adjectives mirror their

pronoun counterpart

s.

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What do Possessive Adjectives look like?

Pronoun Possessive Adj.

I my

you (singular, informal)

your

he his

she her

it its

we our

you (plural, informal)

y’alls

Possessive adjectives mirror their

pronoun counterpart

s.

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What do Possessive Adjectives look like?

Pronoun Possessive Adj.

I my

you (singular, informal)

your

he his

she her

it its

we our

you (plural, informal)

y’alls

they their

Possessive adjectives mirror their

pronoun counterpart

s.

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What do Possessive Adjectives look like?

Pronoun Possessive Adj.

I my

you (singular, informal)

your

he his

she her

it its

we our

you (plural, informal)

y’alls

they their

You (formal) Your

Possessive adjectives mirror their

pronoun counterpart

s.

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Did you notice…O There are some identical possessive

adjectives:O his and its (both 3rd person singular) O her, their, Your (formal)

O Some of them end in “einO Some of them look like the subject

pronoun “ihr.”O Keine Panik! Context will help out

with the confusion!

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How do I use Possessive Adjectives?

O Possessive Adjectives take the position of an article.O the car my carO das Auto mein Auto or ein Auto

mein AutoO Specifically, they take the position and

follow the patterns of “ein” words.O This may be your only challenging part:

do you know the ein-word endings across the cases?

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Ein-Word EndingsMasculin

eFeminin

e Neuter Plural

Nominative

Accusative

Dative

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Ein-Word EndingsMasculin

eFeminin

e Neuter Plural

Nominative ein__

Accusative

Dative

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Ein-Word EndingsMasculin

eFeminin

e Neuter Plural

Nominative ein__ eine

Accusative

Dative

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Ein-Word EndingsMasculin

eFeminin

e Neuter Plural

Nominative ein__ eine ein__

Accusative

Dative

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Ein-Word EndingsMasculin

eFeminin

e Neuter Plural

Nominative ein__ eine ein__ keine

Accusative

Dative

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Ein-Word EndingsMasculin

eFeminin

e Neuter Plural

Nominative ein__ eine ein__ keine

Accusative einen

Dative

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Ein-Word EndingsMasculin

eFeminin

e Neuter Plural

Nominative ein__ eine ein__ keine

Accusative einen eine

Dative

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Ein-Word EndingsMasculin

eFeminin

e Neuter Plural

Nominative ein__ eine ein__ keine

Accusative einen eine ein__

Dative

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Ein-Word EndingsMasculin

eFeminin

e Neuter Plural

Nominative ein__ eine ein__ keine

Accusative einen eine ein__ keine

Dative

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Ein-Word EndingsMasculin

eFeminin

e Neuter Plural

Nominative ein__ eine ein__ keine

Accusative einen eine ein__ keine

Dative einem

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Ein-Word EndingsMasculin

eFeminin

e Neuter Plural

Nominative ein__ eine ein__ keine

Accusative einen eine ein__ keine

Dative einem einer

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Ein-Word EndingsMasculin

eFeminin

e Neuter Plural

Nominative ein__ eine ein__ keine

Accusative einen eine ein__ keine

Dative einem einer einem

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Ein-Word EndingsMasculin

eFeminin

e Neuter Plural

Nominative ein__ eine ein__ keine

Accusative einen eine ein__ keine

Dative einem einer einem keinen

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Example Possessive Adjective

Masculine

Feminine Neuter Plural

Nominative mein__ meine mein__ meine

Accusative meinen meine mein__ meine

Dative meinem meiner meinem meinen

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Example Possessive Adjective

Masculine

Feminine Neuter Plural

Nominative ihr__ ihre ihr__ ihre

Accusative ihren ihre ihr__ ihre

Dative ihrem ihrer ihrem ihren

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Zum Beispiel

O Mein Vater schenkt meinem Bruder seinen Wagen zum Geburtstag.

O Meine Freundin bringt meiner Lehrerin meine CD.