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Note that when santo  means ‘holy’ or ‘blessed’, it is regular: il santo padre (the Holy Father), una santa donna  (a holy woman). 

## Possessive adjectives and pronouns 

14 The forms of the possessive adjectives (‘my’, ‘your’, etc.) are as follows: 

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* Note that the masculine plural forms miei , tuoi  and suoi  are irregular. 

** Note that loro  is invariable and does not change. 

Possessive adjectives are always used before the noun they refer to. Unlike in English, they are always preceded by the article, and they must agree with the owned object, not with the owner: 

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15 When mio , tuo , suo , nostro  and vostro  ( not loro ) are used with a noun denoting family relationship (e.g. fratello  (brother), sorella  (sister), padre (father), madre  (mother)) in the singular they are not  preceded by the de fi nite article: 

