The possessive pronoun, on the other hand, is used to denote possession: Þetta er hesturinn þinn. ("This is the horse your" - This is your horse.) Note that the 3rd person possessive pronoun, sinn, is only used to denote possession of the subject of the sentence, otherwise you use the genitive case of the personal pronoun: Jón hittur afann Possessive pronouns and adjectives both show ownership. The difference is that possessive pronouns are usually used after the noun (e.g. mine, yours, hers) while possessive adjectives come before it (e.g. my, your, her). Look at the following examples to see the difference. Possessive Adjective: The red car is her car. Possessive Pronoun: The We use pronouns to refer to possession and 'belonging'. There are two types: possessive pronouns and possessive determiners. We use possessive determiners before a noun. We use possessive pronouns in place of a noun: Is that [determiner] your scarf? It's very similar to [pronoun] mine. (It's very similar to my scarf.) My,your,his,her,its, our, their are possessive adjectives or dependent genitive pronouns used as determiners before nouns. This is my book. Mine,yours,his,hers,ours,theirs are possessive pronouns or independent genitive pronouns (thanks BillJ).They don't require nouns after them. The book is mine. Is that car yours? Possessive Adjectives. Possessive Adjective + Noun. Examples: My dog is big. Her cat is brown. Their sister works downtown. Possessive Pronouns. Noun + Possessive Pronoun. Examples: The dog is mine. The brown cat is hers. The car is ours. Possessive adjectives go before the noun and possessive pronouns go after the noun. Here are some examples Homonyes of possessive pronouns are personal pronouns and verbs, but never adjectives! Here is a list of all homonymes: mein possessive pronoun 1 st pers. sing. („Das ist mein Auto.") short form of full verb („Ich mein das nicht böse." =„Ich meine das nicht böse.") dein possessive pronoun 2 nd pers. sing. („Das ist dein Auto Subtypes include personal and possessive pronouns, reflexive and reciprocal pronouns, demonstrative pronouns, relative and interrogative pronouns, and indefinite pronouns. Possessive determiners (from Latin: possessivus; Ancient Greek: constitute a sub-class of determiners which modify a noun by attributing possession (or other sense of Possessive adjectives and pronouns can often be used instead of a name or noun: Mabel had made her pie by candlelight. No one knew that the pie was hers. A less common and more formal way to show possession is with of, which is normally used when it is a thing, rather than a person or animal, that has possession. Typically, that thing is not Possessive pronouns and adjectives are used in both English and Italian to indicate the ownership of a noun.Possessive pronouns express a relation between a noun and who possesses it, and are used alone, in the place of the noun. The six possessive pronouns in Italian all refer to a person/people. Possessive adjectives in Italian correspond to the English words "my," "your," "its 1) Usage: Possessive adjectives are used before a noun, while possessive pronouns are used in place of a noun. This means that possessive adjectives require a noun to follow them, whereas possessive pronouns can stand alone in a sentence. 2) Function: Both possessive adjectives and possessive pronouns show ownership, but possessive adjectives FiY4D.