Possessive · 8fa2747ca434d29faaf13ac1ce3b915b

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Er ist mein Mann!

Possessive words, like my and your, show that something belongs to someone!

​my​	​mein​
your​	dein​
his ​	sein​
her​	ihr​
our​	unser​
you all’s​	euer​
their​	ihr​

Be careful not to mistake ihr with ihr!​
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Ihr habt die Zeitung.​
You all have the newspaper.​
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Ihr Mann liest die Zeitung.​
Her husband reads the newspaper.

Ein Words

Words like mein, euer, and so on, use the same word endings as ein. Words in this group are called ein words! When a noun does the action in a sentence (like My dad sleeps a lot!), use the ending pattern XEXE. Remember, the X means no ending!​

​der word endings	​ein word endings
der Mann​ the husband​	Dein Mann schläft. ​ Your husband sleeps.​
die Hose​ the pants​	Deine Hose ist weit. ​ Your pants are wide.​
das Kind​ the child​	Dein Kind hat Hunger. ​Your child is hungry.​
die Kinder​ the children​	Deine Kinder essen. ​ Your children eat.​

Notice that the ending is based on the gender of the noun following it, not on the gender of who the noun belongs to!

Who wears the “pant”?

Remember that in German, you say Die Hose ist groß, literally The pants is big. Die Hose is singular in German, so remember to use ist, not sind!