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[edit] Possesive Pronouns and Adjectives

	Masculine Singular	Feminine Singular	Masculine Plural	Feminine Plural
eu	o meu	a minha	os meus	as minhas
tu	o teu	a tua	os teus	as tuas
ele/ela/você	o seu	a sua	os seus	as suas
nós	o nosso	a nossa	os nossos	as nossas
vós	o vosso	a vossa	os vossos	as vossas
eles/elas/vocês	o seu	a sua	os seus	as suas

[edit] Gender

The gender in these words is of the object possessed, not the possesor (as in English). For example

Ele vai para a sua casa - He goes to his house. Even though 'ele' is masculine, we use the feminine 'a sua' because 'casa' is feminine.

[edit] Confusion

Unfortunately, confusion can arise with the forms seu, sua, seus and suas. This is because they can mean his, her, your and their. We therefore use the following forms frequently.

a casa dele	his house
a casa dela	her house
a casa deles	their (m) house
a casa delas	their (f) house

Note: The gender of these words refers, unlike the words above, to the possesor, not the object(s) possessed.