Pronouns exist in every language, and Germanexception is not. Moreover, they are also divided into ranks. And one of those are possessive pronouns. There is some specificity in the German language concerning the use of this part of speech, and it should be studied in more detail.
Fundamental rules
This part of speech, also calledPossessivpronomen, in most cases, put in front of certain nouns. Then possessive pronouns in German act as definitions. By the way, it should be noted that here everything is about the same as in the case of adjectives - they also necessarily correspond with nouns. This refers to gender, case and number. Otherwise it will not work, because a possessive pronoun indicates that a certain object belongs to a person. Without agreement with the noun, this part of speech simply cannot be used. Despite some similarities with the Russian language, I must say that there are some differences. For example, if the “book” is related to the female gender, then in German it is “it”, that is, the middle gender. But many make the mistake of translating all the words literally. It is necessary to forget about this and understand that in the German language there are other rules, and that which may seem illiterate to us is completely normal and generally accepted for German speakers.
Use on persons
If you deal with this topic, you getlearn German much faster. Possessive pronouns, the table of which is rather small in size, help to better navigate in terms of the use of certain words. It looks like this:
Ich - mein (I am mine).
Du - dein (you are yours).
Er - sein (he is his).
Sie - ihr (she is hers).
Es - sein (his / her).
Wir - unser (we are ours).
Ihr - euer (you are yours).
Sie - Ihr (You are yours).
Remember possessive pronouns in Germanlanguage is easy, just like their use in relation to one or another noun. The only caveat is that the ending will be added to them, depending on which gender the word belongs to. So, for example, Mein Leben (translation: "my life") remains unchanged, but Meine Meinung ("my opinion") is written with the letter “e” at the end. Separate attention I would like to note the use of possessive pronouns for the third person. Here you need to pay attention to the gender of the noun. In this case, the following rule applies: to the male, as well as to the middle, gender corresponds to sein. But for women - only ihr.
Security agreement
First of all it should be noted that in Singular(singular) pronouns change as indefinite articles. But in Plural (plural) - as defined. As an example, take the same word Leben ("life"). If you incline it in relation to the female gender, the ending of the noun will change only once (in Genetiv), and it will look like this: ihrem Lebens. The pronouns themselves do not remain unchanged: Nominativ - ihr; Genetiv - ihres; Dativ - ihrem; Akkusativ - ihr. In the case of sein, by the way, the declension is made in a similar way, and the endings in nouns remain the same, changing only in the genitive case. This specificity is different from the German language. The declination of possessive pronouns can be easily remembered by memorizing how their endings change. Since there are only four cases here, this is easy to do. Unlike irregular verbs, you do not need to memorize a few hundred words - there is a principle, having understood that, you can apply it with respect to the other nouns.
Property Designation
In fairness it should be noted thatPossessive pronouns in German are quite similar in their use to the rules in Russian. The only difference is that in German there is no such thing as “your own”. And this applies to all pronouns. Suppose if you want to say “I have collected my things”, you need to use meine (“mine”). It will look like this: ich packte meine Sachen. In translation, it will mean the same thing as in Russian, only meine here replaces the word “yours”. If it is necessary to say in the plural, that is, “we have collected our things”, then it will be necessary to use unsere - wir packten Ihre Sachen. Having understood this principle, one can further deal with the use of such possessive pronouns independently (ihr - eure; er - deine; sie - ihre; etc.).
Learning material
To better absorb the material, you need to regularlytrain by learning German (possessive pronouns). Fortunately, there are exercises for this. Of course, the best practice is immersion into the language environment, since only by communicating with a native German speaker, one can fully experience its specifics. But in this case, you can just practice, declining pronouns in relation to one or another noun. It is best to take one word at a time and change it by case and person. It not only helps to understand the topic, it also expands vocabulary and improves memory. Therefore, regularly practicing in this way will quickly master the topic and apply the acquired skills in the future.
