Possessive Pronoun (definition)
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For a list of the possessive pronouns of Gaelic See Possessive Pronouns
Possessive pronouns indicate who the possessor of an object is. Possessive pronouns in English include my, your, his, her, its, our, their, mine, hers, yours, theirs. In Gaelic, the possessive pronouns include moL, doL, aL, a, àrN, urN, an/am as well as pronouns based on the preposition Aig (preposition).
See Also
Possessive Pronouns Pronoun (definition) Aig (preposition)
External Links
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- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Possessive_pronoun
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Possession_(linguistics)
References
- Crystal, D. (2008) Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. 6th Edition. Wiley-Blackwell.
- Matthews, P. H. (1997) The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Linguistics. Oxford: Oxford University Press.