Italian Possessive Adjectives (Aggettivi possessivi)

Possessive adjectives indicate possession or ownership of something.

In Italian they agree in gender and number with the thing possessed / noun they describe and are used in the first, second, and third person (singular or plural) to specify the person possessing the thing / performing the action.

	Masculine Singular	Feminine Singular	Masculine Plural	Feminine Plural
my	mio	mia	miei	mie
your (tu)	tuo	tua	tuoi	tue
his, her, its	suo	sua	suoi	sue
our	nostro	nostra	nostri	nostre
your (voi)	vostro	vostra	vostri	vostre
their	loro	loro	loro	loro

The speaker addresses one person only (tuo, tua, tuoi, tue):

tuo padre (your father)
casa tua (your house)
i tuoi figli (your children)
le tue macchine (your cars)

The speaker addresses two or more persons (vostro, vostra, vostri, vostre):

vostro padre (your father)
casa vostra (your house)
i vostri figli (your children)
le vostre macchine (your cars)

Example Sentences:

Sei il mio bambino. (You are my child.)
Dove sono i miei occhiali? (Where are my glasses?)
Potrei parlare con il suo capo? (Can I speak to your supervisor?)
Gli piace giocare a calcio con i suoi amici. (He likes to play football with his friends.)
La loro casa sorge su una collina. (Their house stands on a hill.)
La vostra squadra non ha vinto una medaglia. (Your team didn't win a medal.)

There are two more possessive adjectives which are used in particular contexts:

	Masculine Singular	Feminine Singular	Masculine Plural	Feminine Plural
own	Proprio	Propria	Propri	Proprie

Altrui is invariable and means  "someone else's", "another person's".

Example:

Si devono rispettare le idee altrui. (You must respect other people's ideas.)