Grammar

Pronouns and possessive adjectives table

Pronoun as subject	Pronoun as object	Possessive adjectives/ Possessive pronouns	Reflexive possessive adjectives	Reflexive pronouns
I	me	my, mine		myself
you	you	your, yours		yourself
he	him	his, his	his	himself
she	her	her, hers	her	herself
it	it	its, its	its	itself

we	us	our, ours		ourselves
you	you	your, yours		yourselves
they	them	their, theirs	their	themselves

Jeg elsker dig I love you	Jeg elsker dig I love you	Det er min bil - Bilen er min It is my car - The car is mine		Jeg vasker mig I wash myself

		In the sentences below, the subject loves someone else's wife/husband/children	In the sentences below, the subject loves his/her own wife, husband/children
		Han elsker hans kone He loves his wife	Han elsker sin kone He loves his wife
		Hun elsker hendes mand She loves her husband	Hun elsker sin mand She loves her husband
		Han elsker hans/hendes børn He loves his children	Han elsker sine børn He loves his children
		De elsker deres barn/børn They love their child/children	De elsker deres barn They love their child De elsker deres børn They love their children The adjective remains 'deres' when the subject is plural (they).

Possessive pronouns and possessive adjectives sometimes look the same, but have different functions. On this page I group them together for convenience and simplicity, and mark the possessive adjectives in this color.
Possessive pronoun: The car is mine (is used on its own)
Possessive adjective: It is my car (describes the noun [car])