Determiner possessive

Summary

A possessive determiner is a personal pronoun that functions as a possessive adjective within a sentence.

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Possessive determiners indicate an association between an object/thing and a person/entity. For example, consider the sentence: “John loves his son.” The word “my” is a possessive determiner. It indicates an association between the “son” and John.

Possessive determiners can be either personal or impersonal. In the example above, the possessive determiner “his” is personal, because it refers to a person (“John”). However, consider the sentence: “The tree shed its leaves.” The word “its” is an impersonal possessive determiner, because it does not refer to a person but to an object (“tree”). It indicates an association between the “leaves” and the “tree.”

Form

r3 -ἐγώ (I) σύ (you)

Singular	1st person		2nd person
Nominative	ἐγώ		σύ
Genitive	μου (ἐμοῦ)		σοῦ (σου)
Dative	μοι (ἐμοί)		σοί (σοι)
Accusative	με (ἐμέ)		σέ (σε)
Plural
Nominative	ἡμεῖς		ὑμεῖς
Genitive	ἡμῶν		ὑμῶν
Dative	ἡμῖν		ὑμῖν
Accusative	ἡμᾶς		ὑμᾶς

r4 (2-1-2) αὐτός (“he,she,it,they”)

	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Singular
Nominative	αὐτός	αὐτή	αὐτό
Genitive	αὐτοῦ	αὐτῆς	αὐτοῦ
Dative	αὐτῷ	αὐτῇ	αὐτῷ
Accusative	αὐτόν	αὐτήν	αὐτό
Plural
Nominative	αὐτοί	αὐταί	αὐτά
Genitive	αὐτῶν	αὐτῶν	αὐτῶν
Dative	αὐτοῖς	αὐταῖς	αὐτοῖς
Accusative	αὐτούς	αὐτάς	αὐτά

Example: John 10:27

τὰ πρόβατα τὰ ἐμὰ τῆς φωνῆς μου ἀκούουσιν

ta probate ta ema tēs phōnēs mou akouousin

sheepmy voice my they hear

My sheep hear my voice