Adjetivos Possessivos em Inglês – Possesive Adjectives Exemplos

Quando usar adjetivos possessivos em inglês?

Usamos adjetivos possessivos para mostrar quem possui algo.

Aqui estão os significados dos 8 adjetivos possessivos:

My for first-person singular(I) (meu, meus, minha, minhas)

Your  for second-person singular(You) (sua, seu)

His for men(dele)

Her for women (dela)

Its for animals, machines, entities( dela, dele (coisas ou animais))

Our for first-person plural (We) (nosso, nossos)

Your for second-person plural (you plural) (suas, seus)

Their for plural people  (delas, deles)

Exemplos de adjetivos possessivos em inglês

My car broke down again.

My legs are strong.

Stop playing with my phone!

My glasses are ready.

Would you mind looking after my children?

Your car is better than my car.

Your children are beautiful.

Your cat is very fat!

That is his book.

He is worried about his mind.

They are his keys.

I could not understand her accent.

Her car is beautiful.

Her make-up is all wrong.

The cat didn’t sleep on its bed.

Dublin is famous for its bars.

Their favourite colour is red.

They love their English teacher.

They do their homework after school.

Adjetivos possessivos com What, Which, e Whose

What did you do with your house. Did you sell it?

Yes, I sold my house last year.

Which car is your car?

My car is the blue car.

Whose keys are these?

They are my keys.

Qual é a diferença entre pronomes possessivos e adjetivos possessivos?

Usamos pronomes possessivos quando sabemos o que é o substantivo. 

Combinamos o adjetivo possessivo e o substantivo.

It’s my bag = It’s mine

It’s your bag.= It’s yours

It’s his bag = It’s his

It’s her bag = It’s hers

It’s our bag = It’s ours

It’s their bag = It’s theirs