Practice using German possessive pronouns
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| Do you know how to ask about possession in German? |
| Welcome to Three Step German Practice by GermanPod101.com. In this lesson, you'll practice asking about who something belongs to. |
| Let's look at the main dialogue. |
| Two people are having a conversation. |
| Arnold, schau mal, ein Handy auf dem Boden! Ist das deins? |
| "Arnold, look, a phone on the floor! Is that yours?" |
| Ja, es ist meins. Danke dir. |
| "Yes, it's mine. Thanks." |
| deins |
| meins |
| To ask if something belongs to someone, use: |
| Ist, meaning "is" — the third-person singular form of sein. |
| das, meaning "that" or "this" — a demonstrative pronoun. |
| deins, the possessive pronoun for du "you, informal," meaning "yours." |
| Now let's look at the reply: |
| Ja, es ist meins. |
| Here, |
| es, meaning "it," |
| ist, meaning "is," |
| meins, the possessive pronoun for ich "I," meaning "mine." |
| So, Es ist meins means "It's mine." |
| Let's look at how possessive pronouns work in German. |
| meiner means "mine," used for masculine nouns (der) |
| meine means "mine," used for feminine or plural nouns (die) |
| meins means "mine," used for neuter nouns (das) |
| deiner means "yours," used for masculine nouns (der), informal singular (du) |
| deine means "yours," used for feminine or plural nouns (die), informal singular (du) |
| deins means "yours," used for neuter nouns (das), informal singular (du) |
| Now let's try using some of these and more possessive pronouns in this lesson! |
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