Possessive Adjectives

Here are the possessive adjectives in English:


1st person, singular—my
3rd person, singular—his, her, its
1st person, plural—our
2nd person, sing./pl.—your
3rd person, plural—their


In English, the gender and number of the possessor determines the form of the possessive adjective:


–I have a credit card. It's my credit card.
–She has some money. It's her money.


NOTE: Often the subject of the verb is not the person who owns the noun. Be careful about this. You must know the gender and number of the owner to be able to use possessive adjectives correctly:


–Are you buying his ticket or her ticket?
–I'm buying his ticket.