Pronomes

Possessive Pronouns
We use possessive pronouns to refer to a specific person/people or thing/things (the "antecedent") belonging to a person/people (and sometimes belonging to an animal/animals or thing/things).
We use possessive pronouns depending on: * number: singular (eg: mine) or plural (eg: ours) * person: 1st person (eg: mine), 2nd person (eg: yours) or 3rd person (eg: his) * gender: male (his), female (hers)
Below are the possessive pronouns, followed by some example sentences. Notice that each possessive pronoun can: * be subject or object * refer to a singular or plural antecedent number | person | gender (of "owner") | possessive pronouns | singular | 1st | male/female | mine | | 2nd | male/female | yours | | 3rd | male | his | | | female | hers | plural | 1st | male/female | ours | | 2nd | male/female | yours | | 3rd | male/female/neuter | theirs | * Look at these pictures. Mine is the big one. (subject = My picture) * I like your flowers. Do you like mine? (object = my flowers) * I looked everywhere for your key. I found John's key but I couldn't find yours. (object = your key) * My flowers are dying. Yours are lovely. (subject = Your flowers) * All the essays were good but his was the best. (subject = his essay) * John found his passport but Mary couldn't find hers. (object = her passport) * John found his clothes but Mary couldn't find hers. (object = her clothes) * Here is your car. Ours is over there, where we left it. (subject = Our car) * Your photos are good. Ours are terrible. (subject = Our photos) * Each couple's books are colour-coded. Yours are red. (subject = Your books) * I don't like this family's garden but I like yours. (subject = your garden) * These aren't John and Mary's children. Theirs have black hair. (subject = Their children) * John and Mary don't like your car. Do you like theirs? (object = their