Faroese possesive pronouns

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The possesive pronouns tell about something, that someone owns:

Hetta er mín hundur. (This is my dog)
Eg eigi hundin. (I own the dog)
Hundurin er mín. (The dog is mine)

Hatta er tín bilur. (That is your car) Tú eigur bilin. (You own the car)
Bilurin er tín. (The car is yours)

The possesive pronouns are:

mín my
tín your
sín
tygara your (formal)
hansara his
hennara her
tess its
okkara our
vár our
tykkara your (plural)
teirra their

Mín is conjugated this way:

Eintal	Kallkyn	Kvennkyn	Hvørkikyn
Hvørfall	mín	mín	mítt
Hvønnfall	mín	mína	mítt
Hvørjumfall	mínum	mín(ar)i	mínum
Hvørsfall	míns	mínar	míns
Fleirtal
Hvørfall	mínir	mínar	míni
Hvønnfall	mínar	mínar	míni
Hvørjumfall	mínum	mínum	mínum
Hvørsfall	mína	mína	mína

Tín and sín are conjugated like mín.

Sín points as the reflexive pronoun on he, who does the deed, also in plural:

Tey málaðu hús síni (they painted their house)

The old possesive pronoun vár is mostly used in ceremonial language or litterature. In the daily language, we use okkara, which means the same.

The possesive pronoun vár is conjugated this way:

Eintal	Kallkyn	Kvennkyn	Hvørkikyn
Hvørfall	vár	vár	várt
Hvønnfall	váran	vára	várt
Hvørjumfall	várum	vári	várum
Hvørsfall	várs	várar	várs
Fleirtal
Hvørfall	várir	várar	vár
Hvønnfall	várar	várar	vár
Hvørjumfall	várum	várum	várum
Hvørsfall	vára	vára	vára

The possesive pronouns tygara, hansara, hennara, tess, okkara, tykkara, teirra are not conjugated.

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