How do you say ‘mine’ or ‘yours’ in Arabic?

Possessive pronouns can be tricky in Arabic.

For example, how do you say: This car is mine.

In Arabic, there are no words like mine; yours; his or hers which we call possessive pronouns in English. There are several ways to express the same meaning.

Let’s take a look at a pretty easy and solid solution.

You could, for example, repeat the thing being possessed and add the appropriate pronoun suffix.

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