A2grammar· 6 min· +30 XP

Possessive Adjectives

Possessive Adjectives

Here's the trap English speakers fall into: in Portuguese, my book and my books and my house and my houses all use different words for "my". The possessive agrees with the thing owned, not the owner.

Owner masc. sing. fem. sing. masc. pl. fem. pl.
Eu meu minha meus minhas
Você / Ele / Ela seu sua seus suas
Nós nosso nossa nossos nossas
Vocês / Eles / Elas deles / delas deles / delas deles / delas deles / delas

The plural-owner row (deles / delas) is just de + eles/elas — Brazilians prefer this over the bookish seus/suas for third-person plural, because it disambiguates.

Pick the right form

Look at the noun's gender (and number) — then match the possessive.

Fill in the blanks

Translate with the right possessive

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