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In English or Spanish there are possessive pronouns like my, your, her, his,
mi, tu, su, etc. that you can use to show possession. For example, my car. But
in Japanese the only way I've seen (or that I remember right now) for a phrase
like that is with the use of the particle "no". 私の車. Is that the only way
there is?
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particle-の possession
Do possessive pronouns exist at all in Japanese or the only way to refer to possession is through the "no" particle?
我【わ】が is almost recognized in modern Japanese as a fixed single word that
means _my_. が was a possession marker like の in old Japanese, but this meaning
has dropped out of use. Modern dictionaries usually list this as [a distinct
entry](http://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/jn/237540/meaning/m0u/%E6%88%91%E3%81%8C/)
(as a [連体詞](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/a/1016/5010)). 我らが is similar.

  * [「が」vs「の」 with possessives](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/39264/5010)

Besides these, I don't think there are common possessive personal pronouns.
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