Dictionary formsuus, sua, suum
Translation
his own; her own; their own
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Examples
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The father loves his own son.
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The father loves that other man's son.
vendidit.
He sold his own house.
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The soldiers laid down their weapons.
narravit.
He told the story in his own words.
Suus is the reflexive possessive and always points back at the subject of its own clause, while eius, the genitive of is, points at somebody else. So pater filium suum amat is 'the father loves his own son', but pater filium eius amat is 'the father loves that other man's son', and English 'his' is ambiguous in both where Latin never is. That means translating into Latin forces a decision English lets you dodge. Note too that suus agrees with the thing possessed rather than the owner, so suam domum is 'his house' with a feminine ending because domus is feminine.
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This word is taught in chapter 1, lesson 11: suus, sine, tunc and 11 more words.