Introduction
Introduzione
In Italian possessive adjectives indicate ownership in the same way my, your, his, her, and our do in English.
Like most adjectives in Italian they also change form for the gender and plurality of the object they modify. For example, with a masculine noun “my dog” is mio cane but “my dogs” is miei cani. In the case of a feminine noun, “my cow” is mia mucca and “my cows” is mie mucche.
Suo in all its forms is equivalent to “his”, “her” and “their” in English and also “your” if you’re speaking to some formally. While “his” and “her” in English change based on the gender of the possessor, in Italian the words change based on the gender of the object being possessed.
Vostro and its related forms are used to indicate ownership when addressing a group of people informally similar to voi.
Loro has only one form is used for singular and plural objects regardless of gender.
To make any possessive adjective a pronoun you can simply add the corresponding definite article before. This changes mio (my) to il mio (mine).
Like most adjectives in Italian they also change form for the gender and plurality of the object they modify. For example, with a masculine noun “my dog” is mio cane but “my dogs” is miei cani. In the case of a feminine noun, “my cow” is mia mucca and “my cows” is mie mucche.
Suo in all its forms is equivalent to “his”, “her” and “their” in English and also “your” if you’re speaking to some formally. While “his” and “her” in English change based on the gender of the possessor, in Italian the words change based on the gender of the object being possessed.
Vostro and its related forms are used to indicate ownership when addressing a group of people informally similar to voi.
Loro has only one form is used for singular and plural objects regardless of gender.
To make any possessive adjective a pronoun you can simply add the corresponding definite article before. This changes mio (my) to il mio (mine).
Singular | First-person |
mio
my
masculine
mine
mia
my
feminine
mine
miei
my
masculine
mine
mie
my
feminine
mine
|
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Second-person |
tuo
your
masculine informal
yours
tua
your
feminine informal
yours
tuoi
your
masculine informal
yours
tue
your
feminine informal
yours
|
|
Third-person |
suo
his
her
masculine
his
hers
masculine
your
formal
yours
formal
sua
his
her
feminine
his
hers
feminine
your
formal
yours
formal
suoi
his
her
masculine
his
your
formal
hers
masculine
yours
formal
sue
his
her
feminine
his
your
formal
hers
feminine
yours
formal
|
|
Plural | First-person |
nostro
our
masculine
ours
masculine
nostra
our
feminine
ours
feminine
nostri
our
masculine
ours
masculine
nostre
our
feminine
ours
feminine
|
Second-person |
vostro
you alls
informal
vostra
you alls
feminine informal
vostri
you alls
masculine informal
vostre
you alls
feminine informal
|
|
Third-person |
loro
their
you alls
formal
theirs
you alls
formal
|
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