186:. (However, "This is the car I have" implies that it is the only car you have, whereas "This is my car" does not imply that to the same extent. Similarly, "my brother" can mean equally well "one of my brothers" as "the one brother I have".) It is not correct to precede possessives with an article (*
971:
could refer to a CD that I own, a CD owned by someone else but with music that I recorded as an artist, a CD that I have just given to someone here as a gift, or one with some other relation to me that would be identifiable in the
616:("She lost her hat"). In that respect, the possessive determiners in these languages resemble ordinary adjectives. French also correlates possessive determiners to both the plurality of the possessor and possessee, as in
683:("that your book black", rendered in English as "that black book of yours") are grammatically correct. In Italian, possessive determiners behave in almost every respect like adjectives.
384:(ktētikós). Term ktetic is used in reference to ktetic (possessive) adjectives and also to other ktetic (possessive) forms, including names derived from ktetics (ktetic personal names).
2234:
562:
Though in
English the possessive determiners indicate definiteness, in other languages the definiteness needs to be added separately for grammatical correctness.
1554:
1671:
600:, the gender of the possessive determiners agrees with the thing(s) owned, not with the owner. French, for example, in the singular, uses
1615:
Payne, John, and Rodney
Huddleston. (2002) "Nouns and Noun Phrases." Chap. 5 of Rodney Huddleston and Geoffrey K. Pullum.
828:
Some languages use the same word for both the possessive determiner and the matching possessive pronoun. For example, in
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1643:
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Here, a person does not own his or her mother, but rather has a close relationship with her. The same applies to
656:("our daughter-in-law and our son-in-law"). All possessive determiners mark the plurality of the possessee, e.g.
482:
Other possessive determiners (although they may not always be classed as such though they play the same role in
2537:
2506:
813:, the possessive determiner and possessive pronoun take the same form as each other: the form associated with
2324:
325:
Some authors who classify both sets of words as "possessive pronouns" or "genitive pronouns" apply the terms
628:, however, not all possessive determiners change to reflect the gender of the possessee, as is the case for
242:, the differences noted above make others not consider them adjectives, at least not in English, and prefer
2316:
2016:
1835:
1732:
1657:
1702:
156:, respectively the masculine singular, feminine singular and plural forms corresponding to the English
106:
but not as determiners. Possessive determiners may also be taken to include possessive forms made from
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1588:
476:
246:. In some other languages, the equivalent parts of speech behave more like true adjectives, however.
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1926:
994:
762:
55:
27:
23:
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have a large number of possessive classifiers that reflect both the possessor and the possessum:
138:
2001:
298:, they do not behave grammatically as stand-alone nouns but instead qualify another noun, as in
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726:, also use different forms depending on the grammatical gender of the object owned. German has
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314:). For that reason, other authors restrict the term "possessive pronoun" to the group of words
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8:
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1527:. PALI language texts: Micronesia. University of Hawaii Press. pp. 182–4, 188, 192.
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267:
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In linguistic terminology, possessive forms are also referred to as ktetic forms since
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For possessive determiners as elsewhere, the genitive does not always indicate strict
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875:-n that-man canoe) means "that man's canoe," referring to a person of high status.
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the possessive is usually preceded by another determiner such as an article, as in
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276:
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2011:
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Norwegian bokmål written form, the phrase could alternatively be written as
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989:, which are also phonetically similar. The following chart shows the English,
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Possessive determiners, as used in
English and some other languages, imply the
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for masculine nouns and also for feminine noun phrases starting with a vowel,
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934:(as in "If Bob doesn't get to the station in ten minutes he's going to miss
758:(her) according to the grammatical gender and number of the thing(s) owned.
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2026:
1991:
1966:
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1961:
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1801:
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742:) for feminine possessors; in German, the "hat" sentences above would be
652:—possessive determiners do mark gender inflection in the singular, e.g.,
644:("my son and my daughter"). In the first and second person plural forms--
546:
For more details of the formation and use of possessives in
English, see
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679:("the your book black ", rendered in English as "your black book") and
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39:
761:
Some languages have no distinctive possessive determiners and express
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1815:
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vol. 1). Copenhagen: Munksgaard; London: George Allen and Unwin.
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44:
198:), although they can combine with quantifiers in the same ways that
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295:
585:(my) is the possessive pronoun following feminine singular nouns.
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111:
190:) or (in today's English) another definite determiner such as a
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550:. For more details about the use of determiners generally, see
487:
483:
38:, though they do not have the same syntactic distribution as
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agree with the gender and plurality of the possessee, e.g.
107:
750:(She lost her hat) respectively. Brabantian also inflects
16:
Determiner which modifies a noun by attributing possession
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1471:
943:
Here, Bob most likely does not own the train and instead
214:). This is not the case in all languages; for example in
137:
In many languages, possessive determiners are subject to
444:). As noted above, they indicate definiteness, like the
1446:, Myrna Bell Rochester, McGraw Hill Professional, 2008
981:
Possessive determiners commonly have similar forms to
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means "pork; his pig (to eat)." As a further example,
396:
possessive determiners in Modern
English are personal
322:
etc., which replaces directly a noun or noun phrase.
1600:. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 149–157.
486:) are the words and phrases formed by attaching the
1606:A Modern English Grammar on Historical Principles.
997:, possessive determiners and possessive pronouns.
666:Esas niñas son nuestras. Ese bolígrafo es nuestro.
1244:unser, unsere, unserer, unseres, unserem, unseren
2524:
1636:A Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language.
1555:canoonet: Possessivpronomen und Possessivartikel
1364:
1391:"My Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster"
660:("My wife has my glasses"). Spanish possessive
310:substitutes for a complete noun phrase such as
1617:The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language.
1491:"Oxford Languages | The Home of Language Data"
163:
1665:
1594:Greek Personal Names: Their Value as Evidence
1367:The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language
1247:unserer, unsere, unser(e)s, unseren, unserem
668:("Those girls are ours. That pen is ours.").
895:. Consider the following examples involving
257:, etc. are sometimes classified, along with
1369:. Cambridge University Press. p. 471.
1269:euer, euere, euerer, eueres, euerem, eueren
1215:sein, seine, seiner, seines, seinem, seinen
1172:le sien, la sienne, les siens, les siennes
1160:sein, seine, seiner, seines, seinem, seinen
1137:le tien, la tienne, les tiens, les tiennes
1125:dein, deine, deiner, deines, deinem, deinen
1112:le mien, la mienne, les miens, les miennes
1100:mein, meine, meiner, meines, meinem, meinen
1672:
1658:
1521:Rehg, Kenneth L.; Sohl, Damian G. (1981).
1365:Huddleston, Rodney; Pullum, Geoff (2002).
577:is the definite form of the feminine noun
1520:
1218:seiner, seine, sein(e)s, seinen, seinem
1163:seiner, seine, sein(e)s, seinen, seinem
1128:deiner, deine, dein(e)s, deinen, deinem
1103:meiner, meine, mein(e)s, meinen, meinem
985:. In addition, they have corresponding
134:, when used to modify a following noun.
1619:Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
1336:Ihr, Ihre, Ihrer, Ihres, Ihrem, Ihren *
349:, etc. For example, under that scheme,
2525:
1587:
1477:
765:by declining personal pronouns in the
442:the car whose license plate was stolen
1653:
1591:(2000). "Ethnics as Personal Names".
1339:Ihrer, Ihre, Ihr(e)s, Ihren, Ihrem *
1301:ihr, ihre, ihrer, ihres, ihrem, ihren
1192:ihr, ihre, ihrer, ihres, ihrem, ihren
1002:
141:with the noun they modify, as in the
710:. Other Germanic languages, such as
222:("my car", literally "the my car").
86:, but excluding those forms such as
1403:Jesperson (1949), pp. 399–405
1304:ihrer, ihre, ihr(e)s, ihren, ihrem
1272:eurer, eure, eur(e)s, euren, eurem
1195:ihrer, ihre, ihr(e)s, ihren, ihrem
920:people I am closely associated with
501:) to indefinite pronouns, nouns or
13:
1574:Longman Grammar of Spoken English.
557:
14:
2549:
1455:Payne and Huddleston 2002, p. 426
863:means "his (butchered) pig;" and
1511:due to bokmål's Danish heritage.
949:the train Bob plans to travel on
887:, but rather a general sense of
294:etc. However, unlike most other
54:include possessive forms of the
1547:
1514:
1501:
1483:
1281:le vôtre, la vôtre, les vôtres
1256:le nôtre, la nôtre, les nôtres
873:POSSESSIVECLASS:HONORIFIC-CANOE
702:; Dutch uses the (uninflected)
225:
1458:
1449:
1434:
1419:
1406:
1397:
1383:
1358:
959:(as in "The kids are enjoying
569:the phrase "my book" would be
438:the woman whose car was stolen
363:independent possessive pronoun
230:While some classify the words
1:
1352:
654:nuestra nuera y nuestro yerno
387:
1468:(1985) pp. 361–62
1313:le leur, la leur, les leurs
878:
825:is the possessive particle.
457:of whichever person or thing
355:dependent possessive pronoun
34:of English refer to them as
7:
1416:1999, pp. 340–42
999:
738:(with inflected forms like
730:(with inflected forms like
333:to refer, respectively, to
164:Comparison with determiners
10:
2554:
2507:Syntax–semantics interface
1562:
1524:Ponapean Reference Grammar
748:Sie hat ihren Hut verloren
744:Er hat seinen Hut verloren
381:
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1317:
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1263:
1260:
1228:
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1220:
1171:
1168:
1165:
1141:
1119:
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1005:
893:close identification with
658:Mi esposa tiene mis gafas
612:("He lost his hat") with
477:English personal pronouns
1927:Exceptional case-marking
1638:Harlow, Essex: Longman.
1604:Jespersen, Otto. (1949)
1576:Harlow, Essex: Longman.
1442:Easy French step-by-step
995:French personal pronouns
976:
859:means "his (live) pig;"
847:On the other hand, some
675:, constructions such as
614:Elle a perdu son chapeau
459:. Archaic forms include
306:, for example, in which
283:) forms of the ordinary
1733:Initial-stress-derived
1431:, Rosemary Allen, 2007
924:people I identify with
821:("my", "mine"), where
746:(He lost his hat) and
690:, such as English and
610:Il a perdu son chapeau
493:(or sometimes just an
376:has its equivalent in
373:
244:possessive determiners
20:Possessive determiners
2538:Genitive construction
2244:Inclusive / Exclusive
1318:Singular & Plural
849:Micronesian languages
533:the king of England's
327:dependent/independent
275:, since they are the
240:possessive adjectives
36:possessive adjectives
734:) for masculine and
509:). Examples include
471:before a vowel) and
32:traditional grammars
2124:Relative subsective
2017:Regular / Irregular
1862:Andative / Venitive
1698:Abstract / Concrete
1480:, p. 156, 157.
987:possessive pronouns
775:possessive suffixes
681:quel tuo libro nero
608:elsewhere; compare
552:English determiners
475:. For details, see
430:Whose coat is this?
268:possessive pronouns
212:English determiners
132:the king of Spain's
104:possessive pronouns
1683:and their features
1681:Lexical categories
869:tehnweren ohlo war
688:Germanic languages
548:English possessive
507:determiner phrases
505:(sometimes called
2520:
2519:
2325:Casally modulated
2230:Formal / Informal
2119:Pure intersective
2069:Anti-intersective
2055:
2054:
2002:Preterite-present
1630:Quirk, Randolph,
1497:on July 21, 2012.
1427:All about grammar
1345:
1344:
983:personal pronouns
874:
793:coupled with the
677:il tuo libro nero
642:mi hijo y mi hija
590:Romance languages
302:(contrasted with
285:personal pronouns
273:genitive pronouns
102:that are used as
56:personal pronouns
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2099:Non-intersective
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1589:Fraser, Peter M.
1568:Biber, Douglas,
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897:relational nouns
872:
836:can mean either
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446:definite article
424:, interrogative
383:
170:definite article
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650:vuestra/vuestro
646:nuestra/nuestro
624:(our cars). In
560:
558:Other languages
432:) and relative
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228:
220:la mia macchina
172:. For example,
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918:, which means
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773:, or by using
716:Dutch dialects
626:Modern Spanish
620:(our car) and
559:
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526:the soldiers',
389:
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227:
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165:
162:
26:which express
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1957:Intransitive
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2147:Conjunctive
2094:Nominalized
1997:Predicative
1841:Verbal noun
1792:Attributive
1478:Fraser 2000
1310:leur, leurs
529:those men's
473:whosesoever
374:possessivus
341:, etc. and
331:weak/strong
304:that's mine
204:all my cars
196:this my car
184:car of mine
24:determiners
2527:Categories
2512:Yes and no
2427:Classifier
2411:Possessive
2373:Quantifier
2368:Possessive
2345:Determiner
2317:Adposition
2289:Resumptive
2274:Reciprocal
2269:Possessive
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2177:Pronominal
2129:Subsective
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2074:Collateral
2047:Unergative
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1952:Inchoative
1947:Impersonal
1887:Catenative
1826:Participle
1821:Infinitive
1753:Relational
1723:Collective
1703:Adjectival
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1353:References
1278:votre, vos
1253:notre, nos
885:possession
865:kene pwihk
763:possession
754:(his) and
724:Brabantian
720:Limburgish
718:including
541:somebody's
495:apostrophe
465:mine/thine
394:pronominal
392:The basic
388:In English
277:possessive
249:The words
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128:somebody's
124:the girl's
118:, such as
58:, namely:
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28:possession
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1877:Auxiliary
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1806:Nonfinite
1728:Countable
1003:Possessor
945:his train
936:his train
932:his train
916:my people
908:my people
904:my mother
889:belonging
879:Semantics
857:nah pwihk
853:Pohnpeian
817:("I") is
797:particle
779:particles
567:Norwegian
519:the boy's
265:etc., as
139:agreement
114:and from
41:bona fide
2491:Pro-verb
2486:Pro-form
2383:Particle
2335:Stranded
2284:Relative
2264:Personal
2182:Relative
2167:Locative
2157:Genitive
1982:Negative
1912:Deponent
1892:Compound
1444:, p. 210
1082:Singular
972:context.
861:ah pwihk
851:such as
795:genitive
783:Japanese
767:genitive
662:pronouns
592:such as
588:In some
573:, where
515:heaven's
453:Whosever
382:κτητικός
296:pronouns
281:genitive
179:implies
112:pronouns
2533:Grammar
2476:Preverb
2353:Article
2299:Subject
2192:Pronoun
2027:Stative
1992:Phrasal
1967:Lexical
1922:Dynamic
1897:Copular
1797:Converb
1713:Animacy
1634:(1985)
1610:Syntax,
1572:(1999)
1563:Sources
1509:min bok
1429:, p. 69
1295:theirs
1221:
1012:French
1006:English
830:Finnish
787:boku no
673:Italian
640:, e.g.
598:Italian
571:boka mi
523:Jesus',
436:(as in
428:(as in
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300:my book
216:Italian
52:English
30:. Some
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2449:Copula
2303:Object
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2139:Adverb
2114:Proper
2079:Common
1962:Labile
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1811:Gerund
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1226:Plural
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1200:neut.
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1077:pron.
1056:pron.
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1009:German
993:, and
991:German
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834:meidän
712:German
636:, and
594:French
511:Jane's
497:after
488:clitic
484:syntax
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100:theirs
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969:my CD
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809:. In
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1718:Bare
1690:Noun
1640:ISBN
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1266:euch
1261:2nd
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1229:1st
1166:lui
1154:his
1122:dich
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700:her
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