MEUM CAPUT!!!!
                                          (My head!!) 


                                 Possessive adjectives

-possessive adjectives agree in gender & number (singular / plural)

-they do not agree with the owner

-keep in mind that the gender must agree, so that the endings may not look alike

For example,

Nauta, nautae- (m.) sailor (feminine ending BUT, masculine gender)

Magnus nauta –big sailor

Magna urbs (f.) big city

 

                                           Masculine form of My

      (singular)                                                          (plural)

Nom. meus – my                                     nom.     mei – mine

Gen.   mei- of mine                                 gen.       meorum- of mine

Dat.    meo- to/for mine                            dat.       meis- to / for mine

Acc.    meum- mine                                 acc.        meos – mine (pl.)

Abl.    meo- by, with, from mine             abl.        meis- by, with, from my..

Voc.    mi – oh my…!

 

                                      Feminine form of my

   (singular)                                                                   (plural)

Nom. mea– my                                               nom.     meae – mine

Gen.   meae- of mine                                      gen.       mearum- of mine

Dat.    meae- to/for mine                                 dat.        meis- to / for mine

Acc.    meam- mine                                         acc.        meas – mine (pl.)

Abl.    mea- by, with, from mine                     abl.         meis- by, with, from my..

                                           


                                     Neuter form of my/mine
 

   (singular)                                                                   (plural)

Nom. meum– my                                               nom.     mea – mine

Gen.   mei- of mine                                           gen.       meorum- of mine

Dat.    meo- to/for mine                                      dat.        meis- to / for mine

Acc.    meum- mine                                           acc.        mea – mine (pl.)

Abl.    meo- by, with, from mine                         abl.        meis- by, with, from

 

Tuus- your  (follows the same declension for –us, masculine  ending )

Tuus, tua, tuum - your

Suus, sua, suum- his, hers, its


                                   Use these, when referring to more than one

Noster, nostra, nostrum- our

Vester, vestra, vestrum- your

Suus, sua, suum – their, theirs

 

**Possessive adjectives are placed in front of the nouns they modify when they are used for emphasis