lo mieu, la mieuna
Mine, Yours, His and Hers
To say mine, yours or his, put an article before mieu, tieu or sieu and match it to the thing owned.
How It Works
| Owner | masculine singular | feminine singular | masculine plural | feminine plural |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| mine | lo mieu | la mieuna | los mieus | las mieunas |
| yours (tu) | lo tieu | la tieuna | los tieus | las tieunas |
| his, hers | lo sieu | la sieuna | los sieus | las sieunas |
| ours | lo nòstre | la nòstra | los nòstres | las nòstras |
| yours (vos) | lo vòstre | la vòstra | los vòstres | las vòstras |
Use these words when no noun follows: Aquel libre es lo mieu. When a noun follows, use the short forms: mon libre.
Writers also spell the stem with eu: lo meu, la meuna, lo teu, lo seu. Laus gives these first, and print uses them more often. Both spellings are correct, and this course writes mieu, mieuna, the forms of Lagarde and of the Congrès's Basic. You may also meet the short feminines mia, tia, sia before a noun, mostly in one author's tales. Basic lists mia as the Gascon form for mine, so this course does not use it.
After es the article can be left out: Aquel gat es mieu.
Examples (5)
- Aquel libre es lo mieu.
That book is mine.
Lo mieu stands for the book, a masculine noun.
- Aquela cadièra es la tieuna.
That chair is yours.
La tieuna agrees with cadièra, a feminine noun.
- Mon ostal es pichòt, lo vòstre es grand.
My house is small, yours is big.
Lo vòstre stands for ostal and takes lo.
- Las claus son las mieunas.
The keys are mine.
Las mieunas agrees with the plural feminine claus.
- Aqueles dròlles son los sieus.
Those children are his.
Los sieus is the masculine plural form.
Common Mistakes
Using the short possessive without a noun.
Aquel libre es mon.Aquel libre es lo mieu.Mon needs a noun after it. Without a noun, use lo mieu.
Matching the possessive to the owner.
Aquela cadièra es lo mieu.Aquela cadièra es la mieuna.The form agrees with the thing owned, and cadièra is feminine.
How It Connects
Learn This First
The stressed possessives stand for a noun and need the whole set of possessives, so ton, vòstre and son come first.
- ton, ta, tos, tasYour (Singular)
Know ton, ta, tos and tas, because lo tieu and la tieuna are their stressed forms: Aquela cadièra es la tieuna.
Level 1 - vòstre, vòstra, vòstres, vòstrasYour (Plural or Polite)
Know vòstre, because the stressed set also covers the polite you: Mon ostal es pichòt, lo vòstre es grand.
Level 2 - son, sa, sos, sasHis, Her and Its
Know son, sa, sos and sas, because the stressed set also covers his and hers: Las claus son las mieunas.
Level 2
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