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Possessive Adjectives | Language
Possessive Adjectives
Possessive adjectives follow the subject’s pronoun, and the gender of the noun that follows. English Masculine Noun Feminine Noun Plural Noun my mô má més your (sing.) tô tá tés his sô sá sés hers dô dá dés one’s lô lá lés our fô fá fés your (plural) bhô bhá bhés their phô phá phés […]

Possessive adjectives follow the subject’s pronoun, and the gender of the noun that follows.

EnglishMasculine NounFeminine NounPlural Noun
mymés
your (sing.)tés
hissés
hersdés
one’slés
ourfés
your (plural)bhôbhábhés
theirphôpháphés

When using proper nouns, the Proper Noun precedes the first use of the possessive adjective, and then is followed by the possessive adjective as appropriate according to their usual pronouns.

For example,
Paul’s dog — Pâl sô chéna (lit. Paul his dog)
Hannah’s video — Hana dá bhidéo (lit. Hannah her video)
Jay’s cats — Jay lés gétén (lit. Jay their cats)

For countries, places, institutions, organisations, this follows whether or not the proper noun is masculine or feminine.

Sweden’s people — Sbhêjhe sés dmhélén (lit. Sweden her people)
Germany’s people — Dîchland dés dmhélén (lit. Germany his people)

When using indefinite or definite articles in the singular, the choice of his vs her relies on the gender of the subject noun:

The dog’s house — gô chéna sô césut (lit. the dog his house)
A dog’s house — bô chéna sô césut (lit. a dog his house)
The sister’s house — gá shâsce dô césut (lit. the sister her house)
A sister’s house — bá shâsce dô césut (lit. a sister her house)

The dog’s life — gô chéna sá sábhél (lit. the dog his life)
A dog’s life — bô chéna sá sábhél (lit. a dog his life)
The sister’s life — gá shâsce dá sábhél (lit. the sister her life)
A sister’s life — bá shâsce dá sábhél (lit. a sister her life