Possessive words: my, mine, your, yours 📕

There are two kinds of possessive words in English.

Before a noun

This is my phone.

Their children go to school here.

Alone

This phone is mine.

Is this bag yours?

Our flat is small. Theirs is big.

His or her?

In English, the word depends on the owner, not on the thing.

Ali loves his mother. (Ali is a man)

Sara loves her father. (Sara is a woman)

No apostrophe

Possessive words never have an apostrophe.

✓ The dog wagged its tail.

✗ The dog wagged it's tail. (it's = it is)

✓ This book is yours.

✗ This book is your's.

✗ This is the my car.

✓ This is my car.