Whose is it?
Croatian possessives are not fixed words like English my or his — they agree with the thing possessed, exactly as adjectives do. Moj brat but moja sestra: the ending follows brother and sister, never the speaker.
| masculine | feminine | neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| my | moj | moja | moje |
| your (sg.) | tvoj | tvoja | tvoje |
| his | njegov | njegova | njegovo |
| her | njezin | njezina | njezino |
| our | naš | naša | naše |
| your (pl./formal) | vaš | vaša | vaše |
| their | njihov | njihova | njihovo |
| My brother is a student. | Moj brat je student. |
The third-person ones are fixed, the rest agree
njegov (his) and njezin (her) tell you about the OWNER's gender, and then still agree with the thing owned: njegova sestra is his sister, njezin brat is her brother.
| His sister is a doctor. | Njegova sestra je liječnica. |
| Her brother is happy. | Njezin brat je sretan. |
Our, your, their
naš, vaš and njihov work the same way. Remember that vaš is both the plural your and the polite singular your.
| Our house is big. | Naša kuća je velika. |
Two more family words
tata is dad — it ends in -a like a feminine noun but is masculine, so it takes moj tata, not moja. kći is daughter.
| My dad is old. | Moj tata je star. |
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