Personal Possessive Adjective and Pronouns in Italian
This chart covers basic personal possessive adjectives and pronouns
| Italian Personal Possessive Adjectives/Pronouns | ||||
| English | Italian Singular/Masculine | Italian Singular/Feminine | Italian Plural/Masculine | Italian Plural/Feminine |
| Mine Yours His/Hers Ours Yours Theirs | il mio il tuo il suo il nostro il vostro il loro | la mia la tua la sua la nostra la vostra la loro | i miei i tuoi i suoi i nostri i vostri i loro | le mie le tue le sue le nostre le vostre le loro |
Two things two note about the Italain personal possessive adjective; 1) The are proceeded by whatever definite article the noun possessed requires. (except when referring to family) 2) The must agree in gender and number with the noun they possess. See below; il mio motorino – (my scooter) la mia motocicletta – (my motorcycle) i miei motorini – (my scooters) le mie motociclette – (my motorcycles)
To make the above possessive adjectives into possessive pronouns, simply omit the noun, example;
il mio – (my scooter)
la mia – (my motorcycle)
i miei – (my scooters)
le mie – (my motorcycles)
Of course, you need the proper context in your conversation to use them as pronouns or your listener may lack any meaningful understanding of what you are saying.]]>