Pronouns and Determiners - Personal Possessive Pronouns and Determiners

used to show that something belongs to or is associated with a male person or thing

(first-person singular possessive determiner) of or belonging to the speaker or writer

(second-person possessive determiner) of or belonging to the person or people being spoken or written to

(third-person singular possessive determiner) of or belonging to a female human or animal that was previously mentioned or one that is easy to identify

(third-person singular possessive determiner) of or belonging to a man or boy who has already been mentioned or is easy to identify

(third-person singular possessive determiner) of or belonging to a thing or an animal or child of unknown sex

(first-person plural possessive determiner) of or belonging to a speaker when they want to talk or write about themselves and at least one other person

(third-person plural possessive determiner) of or belonging to people, animals, or things that have already been mentioned or are easy to identify

used to show that the thing mentioned belongs to a particular person or thing