Časť 8: Possessive adjectives

Posesívne adjektíva

Muž	čí?	Róbert	-ov (M)	Róbertov mobil
	čia?		-ova (F)	Róbertova izba
	čie?		-ovo (N)	Róbertovo auto
Žena	čí?	Zuzana	-in (M)	Zuzanin mobil
	čia?		-ina (F)	Zuzanina izba
	čie?		-ino (N)	Zuzanino auto

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POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES

To express the relation of possessiveness or relationship to a certain person, in Slovak we use either forms of genitive (will be explained later in the A2 course), or the forms of possessive adjectives.

Possessive adjectives are formed:

from masculine personal nouns by adding suffixes -ov, -ova, -ovo to a word stem,
from feminine nouns (naming people) by adding suffixes -in, -ina, -ino to a word stem.

Carlo: Carl-ov/-ova/-ovo

kolega: koleg-ov/-ova/-ovo

Mária: Mári-in/-ina/-ino

If a possessive adjective stands after the verb to be, it has the same gender as the subject of the sentence:

Čí je ten stôl?

– Ten stôl je Róbertov / Zuzanin. (M)

Čia je tá stolička?

– Tá stolička je Róbertova / Zuzanina. (F)

Čie je to auto?

– To auto je Róbertovo / Zuzanino. (N)