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Possessive Adjectives

+La Regla de Posesión

Nunca usamos “ ‘s ”

Usamos “de”

Por ejemplo: Mary’s cat

El gato de María Peter’s dog

El perro de Pablo

When using “de” we place the noun that is owned, then de, then the person who own’s the noun.

Mom’s deskEl escritorio de

Madre

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Possessive Adjectives

Possessive adjectives show ownership or relationships between people.

They are placed before the noun.

They must agree in number and sometimes in gender with the nouns that they describe.

We can also use

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Posessive Adjectivessingular

mi / mis (my)

tu / tus (your)

su / sus (his,her)

or (your f.)

plural

nuestro a, os, as (our)

vuestro, a, os, as

(your inf.)

su / sus (their)

or (theirs)

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In English, the possessive adjectives his, her, and their tell

whether something belongs to a male, a female, or more than one

person.In Spanish, the possessive adjective su has many possible meanings (his, her, its, your,

their). Context usually makes the meaning clear.

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The possessive adjective must be singular if the noun (that is owned) is singular and plural if the noun is plural.

While possessive adjectives refer to the owner, their form agrees in gender and number with the noun that comes after them.

                                        

                                                  

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We use mi, tu, su, or nuestro, that refers to who is the owner. Then we change those (mi, tu, su, or nuestro depending on what is owned. If more than one thing is owned we add a “s” at the end of the possessive adj.

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Posessive Adjectives

Mi prima es alta.

Todas de mis primas son altas.

+Su and sus can take the place of a phrase with de + person.

¿De dónde es la madre de Juan?

Su madre es de Puebla.

+Nosotros tenemos tres primas

¿nuestro/ nuestra/ nuestros/nuestras?

Nuestras primas

+Ustedes tienen un abuelo

su/ sus/ nuestro/ mi

Su abuelo

+Mi familia y yo tenemos una gata.

nuestro/ mi/ tus/ nuestra

Nuestra gata

+Yo tengo dos hermanos mayores.

mi/ tus/ mis/ tu

Mis hermanos

+Mis abuelos tienen un perro.

mi/ nuestra/ su/ sus

Su perro

+Hoy tienes quince años

Es mi/ nuestro/ su/ tu

Tu cumpleaños

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