Possessive pronouns:
My= (o) meu, (os) meus, (a) minha, (as) minhas
Your= (o)(s) teu(s), (a) tua(s), (o)(s) seu(s), (a) sua(s), de você
His= (o)(s) seu(s), (a)(s) sua(s), dele
her= seu(s), sua(s), dela
Our= (o)(a)(s) nosso(a)(s), da gente
Your (plural)= de vocês
Their= (os) seus, (as) suas, deles, delas
- in portuguese the possessive pronoun agrees in person with the possessor, and in gender and number with the noun they accompany or substitute, but in English the possessive pronoun agrees in person with the thing possessed:
meu carro= my car/ minha casa= my house/ meus carros= my cars/ minhas casas= my houses .
o meu carro= my car/ a minha casa= my house/ os meus carros= my cars/
as minhas casas= my houses.
seu carro= your car, his car, her car
sua casa= your house, his house, her house
tua casa= your house/ teu carro= your car
a casa dele= his house/ a casa dela= her house/ as casas dele= his houses
as casas dela= her houses/ as casas deles= their houses/ a casa deles= their houses
- the pronouns “de você, dele(a)(s), da gente, de vocês” come after the noun:
meu carro= my car
o carro dele= his car
a casa da gente= our house
nossa casa= our house
a casa de vocês= your house
essa casa é dele= this house is of him
minha casa= my house
tua casa= your house
essa casa é minha= this house is mine
essa casa é tua= this house is yours
essa é a minha casa= this is my house
a casa do meu pai= the house of my father, my father´s house
a casa da minha mãe= the house of my mother, my mother´s house