1.10 – Possessive Pronouns – Plural Forms
We already learned the forms of the possessive pronouns in the singular. Now we will learn the plural forms of the possessive pronouns. Whenever you modify a noun that is plural, you will have to use the plural form of the possessive pronoun. These forms are given in the chart below:
|
MA |
MI |
F |
N |
‘my, mine’ |
moji |
moje |
moje |
moje |
‘your, yours’ |
tvoji |
tvoje |
tvoje |
tvoje |
‘his’ |
jeho |
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‘her, hers’ |
její |
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‘our, ours’’ |
naši |
naše |
naše |
naše |
‘your (plural or formal)’ |
vaši |
vaše |
vaše |
vaše |
‘their, theirs’ |
jejich |
***Notice that the forms for masculine INanimate, feminine, and neuter are all the same in the plural, only the animate forms differ from them (MA moji, tvoji, naši, vaši instead of moje, tvoje, naše, vaše for MI, F, N.***
In order to make můj kamarád ‘my friend’ plural, i.e. ‘my friends’, you will not only make the word kamarád plural, but also use the plural form of the possessive pronoun. The plural form will be moji kamarádi ‘my friends’. The plural of vaše kniha ‘your book’ will be vaše knihy ‘your books’.
moji kamarádi jsou tady
my friends are here
tvoje kočky jsou velmi velké
your cats are very big
naše auta jsou stará
our cars are old
3rd person possessive jeho, její and jejich do not change their forms regardless of what gender the noun that follows is in and whether it’s singular or plural.
jeho profesoři jsou inteligentní
his professors are intelligent
jeho věci jsou tady
his things are here
její kamarádi jsou Američané
her friends are Americans
její otázky jsou dobré
her questions are good