Possessives: min, mit, mine

With jeg and du, the possessive agrees with the thing owned, not with the owner:

• min / din + en-noun: min bror (my brother), din bil (your car)
• mit / dit + et-noun: mit hus (my house), dit brev (your letter)
• mine / dine + plural: mine nøgler (my keys), dine børn (your children)

The other persons have only one form: vores (our), jeres (your, to several people), deres (their), hans (his) and hendes (her).

The same forms are also used on their own after er, and they still agree with the thing owned: Bilen er min. (The car is mine.) Glasset er mit. (The glass is mine.)

When he or she owns something and is the subject of the same clause, Danish uses sin, sit, sine instead of hans and hendes. That comes in a later lesson.