21.02.24: meus, mea, meum (my; mine)

1. Quis est hic puer?
2. Hic puer est amīcus meus.
3. Quid eī nōmen est?
4. Nōmen eī Mārcus est.
5. Quis est haec puella?
6. Haec puella amīca mea est.
7. Quid nōmen eī est?
8. Nōmen eī Flāvia est.
9. CUIUS est hoc scūtum?
10. Hoc est scūtum meum.

Translation:

1. Who is this boy?
2. This boy is my friend.
3. What is his name?
4. His name is Marcus.
5. Who is this girl?
6. This girl is my friend.
7. What is his name?
8. Her name is Flavia.
9. WHOSE shield is this?
10. This is my shield.

meus [m], mea [f] and meum [n] can be [i] possessive adjectives = my or [ii] possessive pronouns = mine

The possessive adjective usually follows the noun and agrees in gender:

Hic puer amīcus meus est. | This boy is my friend [m].

Haec puella amīca mea est. | This girl is my friend [f].

Hoc est scūtum meum. | This is my shield.

Hoc scūtum est meum. | This shield is mine.

Here are some objects; say that they are yours using [i] hic, haec and hoc and [ii] meus, mea, meum

• stilus
• tabula
• pōculum
• gladius
• casa
• scūtum
• mēnsa
• pecūnia
• vīlla
• hortus
• vīnum
• sella

Now do the same introducing family members and other people; you will see that some of these do not end in -us or -a for male and female. That will be explained in a later post. All the nouns listed are naturally male or female:

Hic est fīlius meus. | This / he is my son.

Haec est fīlia mea. | This / she is my daughter.

Masculine

• frāter: brother
• pater: father
• marītus: husband
• avunculus: uncle
• cōnsobrīnus: cousin [m]
• amīcus: friend [m]
• magister: teacher [m]
• discipulus: pupil [m]
• avus: grandfather

Feminine

• soror: sister
• māter: mother
• uxor: wife
• amita: aunt
• cōnsobrīna: cousin [f]
• amīca: friend [f]
• magistra: teacher [f]
• discipula: pupil [f]
• āvia: grandmother

Now you can choose your own group photograph and say who the people are.