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00:00Hi friends! Today we will learn what are possessives and many of its types. So let's start.
00:10Some words tell us who owns what, and such words are called possessives.
00:19Like, Julia is a noun, but Julia's is a possessive noun.
00:27It means belonging to Julia. For example, this is Julia's band.
00:36This sentence means this band belongs to Julia.
00:42This is Tia's bicycle. Here, Tia's is a possessive noun that tells that the bicycle belongs to Tia.
00:53These beautiful flowers are an example of nature's beauty.
00:58Here, nature's is a possessive noun, and it means that flowers show the beauty of nature.
01:07So many times, possessives omit the word of.
01:15Taste of apple. Apple's taste. Lunchbox of William.
01:22William's lunchbox. Death of the rivers. The river's death.
01:28Dress of Tia. Tia's dress. Smell of laundry. Laundry's smell.
01:37So we see possessive words omit of and are formed by adding apostrophe s.
01:47Let's see some examples of possessive nouns once again.
01:52Tia's band. Ria's clip. Tom's food. Chair's arm. Tom's pet.
02:03Julia's jewelry. Bolivia's weather. Canada's capital.
02:11So, all these are possessive nouns.
02:15Personal and possessive pronouns.
02:19Pronoun is a word which is used in place of a noun.
02:25Emma is singing. Here, Emma is a noun. We can replace it with she.
02:33She is singing. So, she is a pronoun as it's being used in the place of noun.
02:43William has two big dogs.
02:47Here, William is a noun that can be replaced with a pronoun, like
02:55He has two big dogs.
02:59Here are commonly used pronouns.
03:03I, you, he, she, we, they, me, and so on.
03:11Now let's see what are possessive pronouns.
03:15Mine, yours, his, hers, its are singular possessives.
03:23Ours, yours, theirs are plural possessives.
03:29Apostrophe is never used with possessive pronouns.
03:35It's a steel vase.
03:38Here, it's a contraction for it is and not a possessive pronoun.
03:45And the possessive pronoun it's does not have an apostrophe.
03:51It's my pet. Its fur is white.
03:55Here we have two it's.
03:59The first one is a contraction of it is.
04:03And the second one is a possessive pronoun.
04:07And that's why second one does not have an apostrophe.
04:12Here, it's is a possessive and not a contraction.
04:18Remember, possessives do not have an apostrophe.
04:24Olivia and Sam live in our neighborhood.
04:28Their pets are very cute.
04:31Here, their is a possessive pronoun.
04:36It's a parrot and its food has been finished.
04:40Again, we have two it's here.
04:44One is with an apostrophe and the other is without an apostrophe.
04:50The one with an apostrophe is a contraction for it is.
04:56And the one without an apostrophe is a possessive pronoun.
05:02Here, its food is food of the parrot.
05:07Don't take this book. It's mine.
05:11Here, don't is a contraction for do not.
05:15It's is a contraction for it is.
05:19And mine is a possessive pronoun.
05:24Your notebook is at my place.
05:27Come at any time to collect it.
05:30Here, your is a possessive pronoun.
05:34It's not a contraction.
05:36That's why there is no apostrophe in it.
05:40Their house is same as ours.
05:43Here, we have two possessive pronouns.
05:46Their and ours.
05:49Her weight is more than that of mine.
05:53Here, we have two possessive pronouns.
05:58Your pet is bigger than that of mine.
06:02Here, we have two possessive pronouns.
06:06This painting is hers, but these brushes are mine.
06:11Here again, we have two possessive pronouns.
06:15Hers and mine.
06:18So, we learned so many examples of possessives.
06:23In case of plural nouns, like...
06:28The schoolgirls can be changed into a plural possessive as the girls' school.
06:36Apostrophe comes after the letter S.
06:40The bags of the boys.
06:43The boys' bags.
06:47The classes of the girls.
06:50The girls' classes.
06:53Kids, remember, in plural possessives, the apostrophe comes after the letter S.
07:01So, we have learned about possessive nouns and pronouns today.
07:07Now, you may go ahead and take a quiz to learn more.
07:11Bye-bye.