Lesson 13– Possessive Pronouns

        As there is the Right of possession, we should learn how to say we own something. Yes, I'm talking about those words you use pretty often without even realizing it. "This is MY girlfriend!" -_- (Just don't say this.)

The basic pronouns are:

SINGULAR
PERSON	masculine	feminine	neuter
Já	MŮJ	MÁ	MÉ
Ty	TVŮJ	TVÁ	TVÉ
On	JEHO	JEHO	JEHO
Ona	JEJÍ	JEJÍ	JEJÍ
Ono	JEHO	JEHO	JEHO

PLURAL
PERSON	masculine	feminine	neuter
My	NÁŠ	NAŠE	NAŠE
Vy	VÁŠ	VAŠE	VAŠE
Oni	JEJICH	JEJICH	JEJICH
Ony	JEJICH	JEJICH	JEJICH
Ona	JEJICH	JEJICH	JEJICH

        There are also some acceptable alternatives of some of the pronouns:

SINGULAR
PERSON	masculine	feminine	neuter
Já	MŮJ	MOJE	MOJE
Ty	TVŮJ	TVOJE	TVOJE
On	JEHO	JEHO	JEHO
Ona	JEJÍ	JEJÍ	JEJÍ
Ono	JEHO	JEHO	JEHO

        As regards your favourite part of the Czech language– declension, yes, we do decline these, too. Fortunately, their declension is similar to the declension of our adjectives. Let's see the differences– compare these two:

	MASCULINE	FEMININE	NEUTER
NOMINATIVE	můj	má	mé
	mladý	mladá	mladé
DATIVE	mého	mé	mého
	mladého	mladé	mladého
GENITIVE	mému	mé	mému
	mladému	mladé	mladému
ACCUSATIVE	mého	mou	mé
	mladého	mladou	mladé
VOCATIVE	můj	má	mé
	mladý	mladá	mladé
LOCATIVE	mém	mé	mém
	mladém	mladá	mladém
INSTRUMENTAL	mým	mou	mým
	mladým	mladou	mladým

        I know, it isn't utterly the same but still there is some analogy that can help you remember them. I'll put all the tables with declension of possessive pronouns somewhere on my site. 

        I couldn't believe what I heard from a person I know. We both learn French (which also distinguishes between můj/ má/ mé) and s/he thought that the form depended on the speaker, not the object (the noun following the possessive pronoun). I just want you to realize that it really does depend on the gender of the noun. 

        This is all for today's lesson. I think I should start making some exercises because the best way to learn is to get tested. (I can't believe I'm saying this. It's probably the holiday making me think this way.)

love & peace

Ciray