Possessive adjectives, slide # 1
Possessive adjectives, like descriptive adjectives, are used to qualify people, places, or things. Possessive adjectives express the quality of ownership �or possession.
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Forms of possessive adjectives
SINGULAR FORMS | PLURAL FORMS | |
mi tu su nuestro/a vuestro/a su | mis tus sus nuestros/as vuestros/as sus | my your (fam.) his, her, its, your (form.) our your (fam.) their, your (form.) |
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Possessive adjectives, slide # 2
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COMPARE & CONTRAST
In English, possessive adjectives are invariable; that is, they do not agree in gender and number with the nouns they modify. Spanish possessive adjectives, however, do agree in number with the nouns they modify.
my cousin
mi primo
my cousins
mis primo
my aunt
mi tía
my aunts
mis tías
The forms nuestro and vuestro agree in both gender and number with the nouns �they modify.
nuestro primo | nuestros primos | nuestra tía | nuestras tías |
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Possessive adjectives, slide # 3
Possessive adjectives are always placed before the nouns they modify.
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—¿Está tu novio aquí?�Is your boyfriend here? | —No, mi novio está en la biblioteca. No, my boyfriend is in the library. |
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Possessive adjectives, slide # 4
Because su and sus have multiple meanings (your, his, her, their, its), you can avoid confusion by using this construction instead: [article] + [noun] + de + [subject pronoun].
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sus parientes
los parientes de él/ella los parientes de Ud./Uds. los parientes de ellos/ellas | his/her relatives your relatives their relatives |
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Possessive adjectives, slide # 5
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¡INTÉNTALO!
Provide the appropriate form of each possessive adjective.
Singular
Plural
1. Es ______ (my) libro. | 1. ______ (Her) primos son franceses. |
2. ______ (My) familia es ecuatoriana. | 2. ______ (Our) cuadernos son verdes. |
3. ______(Your, fam.) novio es italiano. | 3. Son ______ (their) lápices. |
4. ______(Our) profesor es español. | 4. ______ (Their) nietos son japoneses. |
5. Es ______ (her) reloj. | 5. Son ______ (our) plumas. |
6. Es ______ (your, fam.) mochila. | 6. Son ______ (my) papeles. |
7. Es ______ (your, form.) maleta. | 7. ______ (My) amigas son inglesas. |
8. ______(Their) casa es amarilla. | 8. Son ______ (his) cuadernos. |
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