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The trouble with seu

In grammar books, seu / sua can mean your, his, her, its or their — so a sua casa could be anybody's house. Everyday Brazilian Portuguese solves this simply: seu / sua means your, and for anyone else you use de + the person, placed after the noun:

Owner Form Example
ele dele — his o carro dele — his car
ela dela — her a casa dela — her house
eles deles — their os filhos deles — their children
elas delas — their (all women) a rua delas — their street
vocês de vocês — your (plural) o jardim de vocês — your garden

Dele is simply de + ele run together; de vocês stays as two words.