What is possessive pronoun and examples? Possessive pronouns include my, mine, our, ours, its, his, her, hers, their, theirs, your and yours. These are all words that demonstrate ownership.
Possessive pronoun replace nouns in a sentence. Possessive pronouns help us show a noun’s possession or ownership. However, they are different from possessive adjectives.
Possessive pronoun Examples:
His car is faster than mine. (mine substitutes that word boat and shows that the car (it) belongs to me)
This is my bike and that is yours. (yours substitutes the word bike and shows that bike (it) belongs to you)
Possessive Adjectives Or Possessive Determiners are also classified as Pronouns. The words/list/examples of Possessive Determiners or possessive adjectives are my, its, his, their, her, our, and your.
Possessive Adjectives Examples:
This pen is mine. (mine is a possessive pronoun).
This is my pen. (my is a possessive adjective, it comes before the noun pen)