Russian possessive pronouns

Russian grammar: 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.

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