Possessives Without a Noun
English uses different words for my and mine. Swedish does not: the possessive you already know simply stands on its own.
Det är *min bil. — It is *my car. Bilen är *min. — The car is *mine.
| The car is mine. | Bilen är min. |
Agreement Still Applies
Even standing alone, the possessive agrees with the thing owned — -t with ett-words, -a in the plural:
| The house is mine. | Huset är mitt. |
| The cars are ours. | Bilarna är våra. |
The invariable forms hans, hennes and deras stay the same, as always:
| The big house is theirs. | Det stora huset är deras. |
Asking and Answering About Ownership
This is how Swedish naturally asks and answers whose something is:
| Is that your book? No, it is his. | Är det din bok? Nej, den är hans. |
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