anny, "My" is an adjective. This is my friend. This is your, his, her, its, our, your, their friend. This is my book "Mine" is a possessive pronoun. This is a friend of mine. = This is my friend. This is a friend of mine, of yours, of his, of hers, of ours, of yours,of theirs. This book is mine. (yours, his, hers, ours yours, theirs) His cat is black. Mine is white. Person ..............Pronoun .......Adjective 1st singular.... ...... mine ........... my 2nd ......................yours ........... your 3rd (female)......... hers ............. her 3rd (male) ..............his ............... his 3rd (neutral)............. its ................ its 1st plural ................ ours............ our 3rd plural ...............theirs.............their

Mine: is a possessive pronoun. Example :That is mine. My: is a possessive adjective. Example : That is my car. This is my iPod” --- - This iPod is mine This is my pen ------ This pen is mine This is my car ------ This car is mine Those are my paintings ------ those paintings are mine Those are my Books -------- Those Books are mine check out this link http://www.differencebetween.net/language/difference-between-my-and-mine/

My girlfriends are all mine. :P

MY IS A POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVE ( it always follows a noun.e.g: my house.) MINE IS A POSSESSIVE PRONOUN ( it is used for avoiding repetition: e.g:is it your dog?no,it isn't mine.)

This is the friend of mine. In this sentence, mine=my friend This book is mine. Here, mine=my book mine=my+something can u understand this way?