013 – Russian possessive pronouns
In the previous lessons we’ve already covered the personal and the demonstrative Russian pronouns. In this lesson we’ll learn how to say ‘my/mine’, ‘your/yours’ and so on – i.e. today we are learning Russian possessive pronouns.
In Russian, possessive pronouns depend on the gender and number of the subject you are talking about. They are:
My and mine:
мой [moî] – masculine
моя́ [ma-yá] – feminine
моё [ma-yó] – neuter
мои́ [ma-ée] – plural
Your and yours (singular and informal):
твой [tvoî] – masculine
твоя́ [tva-yá] – feminine
твоё [tva-yó] – neuter
твои́ [tva-ée] – plural
His:
егó [ye-vó] – for all
Her:
её [ye-yó] – for all
Its:
егó [ye-vó] – for all
Our and ours:
наш [nash] – masculine
нáша [ná-sha] – feminine
нáше [ná-she] – neuter
нáши [ná-shee] – plural
Your and yours (plural or formal):
ваш [vash] – masculine
вáша [vá-sha] – feminine
вáше [vá-she] – neuter
вáши [vá-shee] – plural
Their and theirs:
их [eeh] – for all
Let’s look at some examples:
мой дом – my house (house is masculine)
[moy dom]
твоя́ соба́ка – your dog (dog is feminine)
[tvayá sabáka]
его́ па́спорт – his passport (passport is masculine)
[eevó páspart]
на́ша шко́ла – our school (school is feminine)
[násha shkóla]
Practice all these possessive pronouns and example phrases with the audio recording.
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Hi ! First thank you for what you do.
I have a question : sometimes we pronounce the O like a A, if it is unstressed, and sometimes not, like in the word “мой”. Why ?
Perhaps you should warn us when there is an inconsistency, because it makes me/us confused.
Thank you very much !
Hi Peps,
Thank you for your comment.
In the words that consist from only one syllable. i.e. have only 1 vowel, the stress mark falls on that vowel by default. Therefore in such words like “мой” the vowel is considered to be stressed and pronounced as O.
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