Russian possessive pronouns
In this lesson, we will learn Russian possessive pronouns.
A possessive pronoun is a pronoun that shows ownership.
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
Examples
Let’s practice with some examples:
мой дом – my house (house is masculine)
[moî dom]
твоя́ соба́ка – your dog (dog is feminine)
[tva-yá sa-bá-ka]
его́ па́спорт – his passport (passport is masculine)
[ye-vó pás-part]
на́ша шко́ла – our school (school is feminine)
[ná-sha shkó-la]
Simple sentences
Now you can even compose some simple sentences in Russian:
Э́то моя́ ма́ма.
[é-ta ma-yá má-ma]
This is my mom.
Э́та кни́га моя́.
[é-ta kneé-ga ma-yá]
This book is mine.
Э́то наш дом.
[é-ta nash dom]
This is our house.
Э́тот телефо́н твой.
[é-tat tee-lee-fón tvoî]
This telephone is yours.
Э́то на́ши докуме́нты.
[é-ta ná-shee da-ku-myén-ty]
These are our documents.
Э́ти докуме́нты на́ши.
[é-tee da-ku-myén-ty ná-shee]
These documents are ours.
Те докуме́нты ва́ши.
[tye da-ku-myén-ty vá-shee]
Those documents are yours.
Та су́мка твоя́.
[ta súm-ka tva-yá]
That bag is yours.
Practice Russian possessive pronouns and examples of this lessons with the audio recording.
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Question # 1Say it in Russian:my book (book is feminine)
- моя́ кни́га
- мой кни́га
- твой неде́ля
- моё неде́ля
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Question # 2Say it in Russian:their houses
- их дома́
- на́ши дома́
- них дома́
- его́ дома́
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Question # 3Translate to English:на́ше де́рево
- your fish
- our tree
- his dog
- her book
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Question # 4Translate what you hear
- your cup
- his school
- your school
- his cup
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Question # 5Translate what you hear
- their passports
- your passport
- her passport
- his passport
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Question # 6Translate what you hear
- my dog
- your dog
- my school
- your school
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Question # 7Say it in Russian:your students
- твои студенты
- ваши студенты
- твои студенты or ваши студенты
- наши студенты
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Question # 8Translate what you hear
- his phone
- my phone
- her phone
- your phone
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Question # 9Which option is incorrect?
- э́то мой кни́га
- э́та собака моя́
- э́то собака
- э́то её кни́га
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Question # 10Say it in Russian:та чашка моя
- that cup is mine
- this cup is yours
- that is your cup
- this is my cup
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Question # 11Say it in Russian:this is my car
- э́то моя́ маши́на
- э́то мой маши́на
- э́та моя́ маши́на
- э́та мои маши́на
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Question # 12Translate to English:твой па́спорт здесь
- your passport is there (informal)
- your passport is here (informal)
- your passport is there (formal)
- your passport is here (formal)
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Question # 13Say it in Russian:this is their dog
- э́та их соба́ка
- э́та ва́ша соба́ка
- э́то их соба́ка
- э́тот твой соба́ка
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Question # 14Say it in Russian:this is her bag
- э́та их су́мка
- э́то его́ су́мка
- э́то её су́мка
- э́та ва́ша су́мка
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Question # 15Say it in Russian:that house is yours (informal, plural)
- тот дом ваш
- те дома́ ва́ши
- э́тот дом твои́
- тот дом твой
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Question # 16Say it in Russian:this bag is beautiful
- э́то краси́вая су́мка
- э́тот су́мка краси́вый
- э́та су́мка краси́вая
- та су́мка краси́вая
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Question # 17Say it in Russian:this is a beautiful bag
- э́то краси́вая су́мка
- э́та краси́вая су́мка
- та краси́вая су́мка
- э́тот су́мка краси́вая
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Question # 18Translate what you hear
- this is his phone
- that is her phone
- this is their phone
- that is your phone (formal)
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Question # 19Say it in Russian:this is her mom
- э́то его мама
- э́то её мама
- э́та её мама
- э́та их мама
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Question # 20Which option is correct?
- э́ти дома́ мой
- те дома́ на́ши
- тот дома́ на́ши
- её дома́ э́то
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Hi there, I have a question about agreement between words that are ALWAYS plural. My understanding is that adjectives and nouns and pronouns have to agree in number and case? But what if I wanted to say …”This Elite (figurative) Night” эти сливки (ночь works or the noun has to agree with the always plural cream as in ночи)?
Hello Jordan,
Sorry for the late reply.
I must say I don’t understand the phrase you give as an example. We don’t say neither “эти сливки ночь” nor “эти сливки ночи”. I think the word “сливки”, while sometimes used to describe the elite as a part of the society, is not the right word to use when it comes to talking about the nights.
Even in English, the phrase “This Elite Night” does not make sense to me. If you can give a context, I would probably be able to answer your question.
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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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