Level A1
Possessive Determiners
Whose? my, his, her, our, their + the thing: my scarf.
This is my scarf.
This is my scarf. My comes before the thing.
Forms
I → my · you → your · he → his · she → her · we → our · they → their— each person has a whose wordmy scarf · his ball— the whose word comes before the thinghis ball · her ball— the owner chooses: a man → his, a woman → her
A common mistake
Wrong: This is me scarf.
Right: This is my scarf.
We say my scarf, not me scarf.
More examples
Yak likes his book.
Yak likes his book.
They love their dog.
They love their dog.