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-<div class="pg_page_title"> POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES AND PRONOUNS IN LINGALA</div>
-Lingala possessive pronouns and adjectives are the same.
-They derived from personal pronouns.
-In lingala, we literally say <code>noun + of + possessor</code>.
-The preposition "of" is "ya" or "na".
-==Personal pronouns==
-Let's review personal pronouns first!
-#I/me = nga(i)
-#You/you = yo
-#He/him = ye
-#She/her = ye
-#It/it = e
-#We/us = biso
-#You/you = bino (many people)
-#They/them = bango
-==Possessive adjectives==
-Then let's learn possessive adjectives
-===My = noun + (na) nga===
-Do you know my name? = Oyebi kombo na ngai?
-===Your = noun + (na) yo===
-I saw your brother yesterday. = namonaki ndeko nayo lobi.
-===His = noun + (na) ye===
-His phone is broken = Telefoni naye ekufi.
-===Her = noun + (na) ye===
- Her husband is sick = Mobali naye azo bela.
-===Its = noun + (na) ngo===
-Here's the guest room, but its bed isn't good = Oyo eza chambre ya bapaya, kasi mbetu nango eza malumu te.
-===Our = noun + (na) biso===
-Our house isn't big, but it's beautiful = Ndaku na biso eza munene te, kasi eza kitoko.
-===Your = noun + (na) bino (belonging to many people)===
-Your children are very clever = bana na bino baza mayele mingi.
-===Their = noun + (na) bango===
-Their parents got to Kinshasa last week = baboti na bango bakomaki na Kinshasa poso eleki.
-==Possessive pronouns==
-Finally, we have to conclude by making sentences with possessive pronouns as we have already learned their adjectives (determiners).
-===Mine = yanga===
-This is my phone, it's mine = oyo eza telefoni nanga, eza yanga.
-===Yours = yayo===
-Is your handbag? > No. It isn't my handbag. It's yours. = Oyo eza saki nayo? > Te. Eza saki nanga te. Eza yayo.
-===His = yaye===
-Your shoes are clean, but his are dirty = Basapatu nayo eza pete kasi yaye eza mbindo.
-===Hers = Yaye===
-Your parents speak French and Lingala, but hers speak only Lingala. = Baboti nayo balobaka lopoto(falanse) na lingala kasi yaye balobaka kaka lingala.
-===Its = na yango (not common)===
-===Ours = ya biso===
-That big house is ours = Ndaku ya munene wana eza ya biso.
-===Yours = Ya bino (belonging to many people)===
-Our country is rich and yours is rich, too. = Mboka na biso eza na bozui, ya bino pe eza na bozui.
-===Theirs = Ya bango===
-My children are all here, but theirs live abroad = Bana nanga nionso baza awa kasi ya bango bavandaka na mboka mopaya.
-==Other Lessons==
-* [[Language/Lingala/Grammar/Conjugation-To-Have|Conjugation To Have]]
-* [[Language/Lingala/Grammar/Irregular-verbs-–-kokende-–-to-go|Irregular verbs – kokende – to go]]
-* [[Language/Lingala/Grammar/Present-Tense|Present Tense]]
-* [[Language/Lingala/Grammar/The-Imperative-Mood|The Imperative Mood]]
-* [[Language/Lingala/Grammar/Subject-pronouns|Subject pronouns]]
-* [[Language/Lingala/Grammar/Questions|Questions]]
-* [[Language/Lingala/Grammar/The-First-10-Verbs|The First 10 Verbs]]
-* [[Language/Lingala/Grammar/Negation|Negation]]
-* [[Language/Lingala/Grammar/Verb-to-be|Verb to be]]
-* [[Language/Lingala/Grammar/Adjectives|Adjectives]]
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