Possessive Pronouns - Nominative Case

The table below shows the forms of Possessive Pronouns in Nominative Case (Mianownik). Notice, that many forms are repeated.

The owner in Polish is	English Possessive Pronoun	The owned object in Polish is
		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine personal	other than masculine personal
singular first person	my	mój	moja	moje	moi	moje
singular second person	your (singular)	twój	twoja	twoje	twoi	twoje
singular third person masculine	his, her, its	jego	jego	jego	jego	jego
singular third person feminine	his, her, its	jej	jej	jej	jej	jej
singular third person neuter	his, her, its	jego	jego	jego	jego	jego
plural first person	our	nasz	nasza	nasze	nasi	nasze
plural second person	your (plural)	wasz	wasza	wasze	wasi	wasze
plural third person	their	ich	ich	ich	ich	ich

The table below shows the same forms, but the rows and columns that have repeated forms have been collapsed.

The columns in plural number changed order, so that singular neuter forms and plural other than masculine personal forms could be merged.

The owner in Polish is	English Possessive Pronoun	The owned object in Polish is
		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter	other than masculine personal	masculine personal
singular first person	my	mój	moja	moje		moi
singular second person	your (singular)	twój	twoja	twoje		twoi
singular third person masculine or neuter	his, her, its	jego
singular third person feminine	his, her, its	jej
plural first person	our	nasz	nasza	nasze		nasi
plural second person	your (plural)	wasz	wasza	wasze		wasi
plural third person	their	ich

You might wonder why the singular third person has all three translations (his, her, its) for each gender (masculine, feminine, neuter). It's because the gender of nouns in Polish doesn't match the gender of nouns in English.

Example

To jest mój dom.
Jego okna są bardzo duże.

This is my house.
Its windows are very large.

The noun dom (house) is masculine (he) in Polish, so we used the masculine pronoun - jego. On the other hand in English house is considered neuter (it), so we used its.

This difference often confuses Poles who learn English, so you might sometimes hear us using her or his for weird things.

Alternative forms

There are also alternative forms of my and your (singular) possessive pronouns, but only for forms that contain -oj-.

These alternative forms are used rather in poetry than in everyday speech.

You can create them by removing

, for example moja becomes ma or twoje becomes twe.

The owner in Polish is	English Possessive Pronoun	The owned object in Polish is
		singular		plural
		feminine	neuter	other than masculine personal
first person singular	my	ma	me
second person singular	your (singular)	twa	twe

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The table below shows the forms of Possessive Pronouns in Nominative Case (Mianownik). Notice, that many forms are repeated.

The owner in Polish is	English Possessive Pronoun	The owned object in Polish is
		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine personal	other than masculine personal
singular first person	my	mój	moja	moje	moi	moje
singular second person	your (singular)	twój	twoja	twoje	twoi	twoje
singular third person masculine	his, her, its	jego	jego	jego	jego	jego
singular third person feminine	his, her, its	jej	jej	jej	jej	jej
singular third person neuter	his, her, its	jego	jego	jego	jego	jego
plural first person	our	nasz	nasza	nasze	nasi	nasze
plural second person	your (plural)	wasz	wasza	wasze	wasi	wasze
plural third person	their	ich	ich	ich	ich	ich

The table below shows the same forms, but the rows and columns that have repeated forms have been collapsed.

The columns in plural number changed order, so that singular neuter forms and plural other than masculine personal forms could be merged.

The owner in Polish is	English Possessive Pronoun	The owned object in Polish is
		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter	other than masculine personal	masculine personal
singular first person	my	mój	moja	moje		moi
singular second person	your (singular)	twój	twoja	twoje		twoi
singular third person masculine or neuter	his, her, its	jego
singular third person feminine	his, her, its	jej
plural first person	our	nasz	nasza	nasze		nasi
plural second person	your (plural)	wasz	wasza	wasze		wasi
plural third person	their	ich

Example

To jest mój dom.
Jego okna są bardzo duże.

This is my house.
Its windows are very large.

The noun dom (house) is masculine (he) in Polish, so we used the masculine pronoun - jego. On the other hand in English house is considered neuter (it), so we used its.

This difference often confuses Poles who learn English, so you might sometimes hear us using her or his for weird things.

Alternative forms

There are also alternative forms of my and your (singular) possessive pronouns, but only for forms that contain -oj-.

These alternative forms are used rather in poetry than in everyday speech.

You can create them by removing

, for example moja becomes ma or twoje becomes twe.

The owner in Polish is	English Possessive Pronoun	The owned object in Polish is
		singular		plural
		feminine	neuter	other than masculine personal
first person singular	my	ma	me
second person singular	your (singular)	twa	twe

Available Exercises

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Exercises for Possessive Pronouns in Nominative Case

Possessive Pronouns (Zaimki Dzierżawcze)

Possessive Pronouns - Dative Case

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