Swedish grammar: possessive pronouns

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Another hardly different name in Swedish is possessivpronomen. In English they are also sometimes called possessive adjectives.

Possessiva pronomen possessive pronouns

Person
person
Utrum1
common
Neutrum2
neuter
Pluralis
plural
1sg ‘my’ min mitt mina
2sg ‘your’ din ditt dina
3sg ‘her’ hennes
‘his’ hans
‘its’ dess3
1pl ‘our’ vår vårt våra
2pl ‘your’ er ert era
3pl ‘their’ deras

1 Also called reale or n-ord (‘n words’) in Swedish
2 Also called t-ord (‘t words’) in Swedish
3 The common and neuter words are the same in the case of possessive pronouns


Examples

All possessive pronouns agree with the nouns they modify. In the third person they are all the same, though.

  • Min bok ‘my book’ (bok c sg)
  • Mina böcker ‘my books’ (böcker c pl)
  • Vårt forum ‘our forum’ (forum n sg)
  • Våra forum/fora ‘our forums/fora’ (forum/fora n pl)
  • Hennes hus ‘her house/houses’ (hus n sg/pl)

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