This, That and My 2

Possessive adjectives

• Note that possessive adjectives, unlike normal adjectives, go before the noun and do not change when the noun is plural.
• Hura nire laguan da.: He is my friend.
• Haiek nire lagunak dira. : They are my friends.

Culture note

• For the Basque, the home and relatives do not belong to just one person, so they would not say my house/father/etc. but
• Gure etxea/aita/ama/aitonia/amona (our house/father/mother/grandfather/grandmother).

Vocabulary This & To Whom 2

• nire: my
• zure: your
• bere: his/hers/its
• gure: our
• zuen: your (plural)
• haien: their

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