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# Possessive Pronoun
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A possessive pronoun is a word used to tell the reader who owns someone or something.
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A personal pronoun is translated as my, your, his, hers, its, our, or their.
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## What information is included in the form of a possessive pronoun?
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* **Case**- Case is the form of a word that helps someone to know the function of the word in a sentence. Case helps the reader to know what the word is doing in a sentence.
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* **Number**- Number is the form of a word that helps someone to know whether there is one or more than one person or thing. With a pronoun, it must be the same as the noun it replaces.
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* **Gender**- The gender of a word helps the reader to know how that word is connected to each person or thing referred to in the sentence. With a pronoun, it must be the same as the noun it replaces.
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* **Person**- Person is the form of a word that helps the reader to know who is being written about or spoken about.
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