Possessive adjectives
The following are the possessive adjectives:
| mein | my |
| dein | your |
| sein | his,its |
| ihr | her,its |
| sein | its |
| unser | our |
| euer | your |
| Ihr | your |
| ihr | their |
| kein | not a, no |
They all follow the same pattern as ein/eine/ein
E.g.
| m | f | n | pl | |
| n | mein | meine | mein | meine |
| a | meinen | meine | mein | meine |
| g | meines | meiner | meines | meiner |
| d | meinem | meiner | meinem | meinen |
All possessive adjectives take their number, gender and case ending from the noun they are describing and the role that the noun plays in the sentence:
Jeden Tag fährt mein Vater mit seinem Auto in die Stadt
Every day my dad goes to town in the car
Wie alt bist du, Hans? Dein Onkel ist Arzt, nicht wahr?
How old are you Hans? Your uncle is a doctor, isn't he?
Ihr Bleistift ist rot, sein Füllfederhalter ist auch rot.
Her pencil is red, his pen is also red.
Although the English 'her' refers to a female, 'Ihr Bleistift' is masculine singular nominative case, because the possessive adjectives agrees in number, gender and case with the noun it qualifies.
Adjectives after a possessive adjective have the mixed declension endings, e.g. unser alter Großvater.