Japanese Possessive Adjectives: How To Declare Ownership

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Definition: The possessive adjectives are the words that are to used for indicate to whom or to what something belongs.

Possessive Adjectives in Japanese

In Japanese language the possessive adjectives are made, adding the word の(no) after pronoun.

EnglishJapaneseRomanji
My私 のwatashi no
Yourあ な た のanata no
His彼 のkare no
Her彼 女 のkanojo no
Our私 た ち のwatashi tachi no
Their彼 ら のkarera no

Examples:

  • my table is red.

  • 私 の テ ー ブ ル は 赤 で す

  • Watashi no tēburu wa akadesu.

  • his book is blue.

  • 彼 の 本 は 青 で す

  • Kare no hon wa aodesu.

  • your house is big.

  • あ な た の 家 は 大 き い で す

  • Anata no ie wa ōkiidesu.

  • her hair is very long.

  • 彼 女 の 髪 が 非 常 に 長 い

  • Kanojo no kami ga hijō ni nagai.

  • our school is beautiful.

  • 私 た ち の 学 校 は 美 し い

  • Watashi-tachi no gakkō wa utsukushii.

  • their car are old.

  • 彼 ら の 車 が 古 い

  • karera no kuruma ga furui.

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