Possessive pronouns in English speech

How can you point to an item in English speech without naming it? And the quality of the object? How to replace such necessary parts of speech as adjectives or nouns? The use of possessive pronouns in these cases becomes the wand-help. A group of such parts of speech is called Possessive Pronouns.

If it is necessary to designate the belonging of any of the objects (property, object, etc.) to any person, then one can use the possessive pronoun with the function of determining this noun. In this case, the pronoun will always be in front of him.

Possessive pronouns differ in three categories: persons, gender and numbers: my, your, his, her (my, your, his, her). Its (his or her), our - our, your - your, their - theirs. And they use these parts of speech in strict accordance with these categories. Unlike Russian speech, possessive pronouns (English variant) are used very often. Denoting clothing or body parts, as well as family ties, the English necessarily specify their belonging with the help of possessive pronouns:

She cleaned her shoes. She's cleaning her shoes.

My clock is brown and his is silver. My watch is brown, and it's silvery.

There are two forms of possessive pronouns: cojoint - attached and absolute - absolute.

Possessive pronouns expressed in the attached form - my, your, his, her, our, their - are placed before the noun, to which correspond:

My listing is in the box of the table. My printout is in the desk drawer.

And the same parts of speech, but of the absolute form - mine, yours, his, hers, ours, yours, theirs - always replace them:

What do cats like to eat? - Mine likes fish. What do cats eat? - I like fish.

In the case when an adjective is used together with a noun, the possessive pronoun in the correctly constructed sentence will stand before them.

I have kept my new knick-knacks. I kept my new jewelry.

Possessive pronouns in the Russian language may be absent, but by default they will be kept in mind, in English the same words will always be in the sentence:

She put her purse in her bag. She shoved her purse into her bag.

Take off your carpet. Remove the carpet.

The personal pronoun I (I) in the singular in the possessive pronoun of the attached form - my (mine, mine, mine or mine), and in absolute - mine.

The same happens with the personal pronoun he (he). In the attached form, it is transformed into his (his), in the absolute - also into his.

She, or she, in the attachable form of a possessive pronoun will sound like her (her), in absolute - hers.

It (it) has only one, attached form - its (its, its). Absolute form - absent. And it is written together, without an apostrophe, in contrast to the abbreviated phrase it's (it is), where the apostrophe is mandatory.

Personal plural pronouns also have, in addition to being attached, an absolute form in the possessive pronouns.

We (we) in the attached possessive pronoun are used as our (our, our, our, our), in absolute form - ours.

The attachable form from you (you) in English sounds like your (your, your, your, yours), and the absolute one is like yours.

And the last personal pronoun in the plural - they (they) in the attachable form of the possessive pronoun is transformed into their (their), in absolute form - in theirs.

Possessive pronouns, expressed in absolute form, usually have the following meanings in the sentence:

1. Subject. My phone is pink. His is gray. My phone is pink. He's gray.
2. The nominal part of the predicate. This office will be yours, and that office will be mine. This office will be yours, and that one will be mine.
3. Additions. Take my journal and Kate will take theirs. Take my journal, and Katya will take them.
4. Definitions. It is used with the preposition of. She is a daughter of mine. She is my daughter.

Unlike the Russian language, possessive pronouns in English do not tend by case.

The pronouns of the connecting form, being the definition of belonging, are never used separately from the word being determined.

If the sentence contains quantitative expressions of all and both, then the possessive pronouns, like the article, are put after quantitative definitions:

All my singles are in that album. All my songs are in this album.

Both his sisters live there. Both his sisters live there.

In English, such a possessive pronoun as "one's own" does not exist, but in the case of the coincidence of the person of the subject and possessive pronoun, it can be used in translation into Russian. For example:

I have found my letter. I found my letter.

She has published her book. She published her book.

They brought him their apples. They brought him their apples.

We've been taken by our dictionaries, has she taken hers? We brought our dictionaries, but she can take her own?