POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS

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The possessive pronouns express a relation of possession and indicate the belonging of a noun.
The possessive pronouns are used always alone because they substitute a noun.

Example:
" La casa di Marco è molto grande, la mia è più piccola. "
In this example the possessive pronoun 'mia' substitutes the noun 'la casa' and indicates that it belongs to me.

Attention:
The possessive pronouns are always referred to a person.

For this reason there are 6 different possessive pronouns in Italian, one per person:

• MIO  (referred to the first person singular)
• TUO  (referred to the second person singular)
• SUO  (referred to the third person singular)
• NOSTRO  (referred to the first person plural)
• VOSTRO  (referred to the second person plural)
• LORO  (referred to the third person plural)

Note:
Mio, tuo, suo, nostro ad vostro act as normal adjectives a 4 uscite. Loro acts as an invariable adjective.

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