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Possessive PronounsPage 184 – Chp. 4 – Realidades 3
Possessive Pronouns
• Let´s look at the possessive adjectives first.
• There are two sets.• The first set goes before the
noun.
Possessive Adjectives (before the noun)
mi / mis my
tu / tusyour
su / sus his,
her,
your
nuestro, -a ournuestros, -as
vuestro, -ayour
vuestros, -as
su / sustheir
your
Possessive Adjectives (before the noun)
mi suétermis suéteres
tu suétertus suéteres
su suétersus suéteres
nuestro suéternuestros suéteresnuestra sudaderanuestras
sudaderas
su suétersus suéteres
Possessive Adjectives (after the noun)
mío,mía mymíos, mías
tuyo, tuyayour
tuyos, tuyas
suyo, suyahis,her
suyos, suyasyour
nuestro, -a ournuestros, -as
vuestro, -a yourvuestros, -as
suyo, suyatheir
suyos, suyas your
Possessive Adjectives (after the noun)
• el suéter mío, los suéteres míos• (my sweater, my sweaters)• la sudadera mía, las sudaderas mías• (my sweatshirt, my sweatshirts)• el suéter suyo, los suéteres suyos• (his, her sweater / his, her sweaters)• la sudadera suya, las sudaderas
suyas• (his, her sweatshirt / his, her
sweatshirts)
Possessive Pronouns
• To form the possessive pronouns, use the long form of possessive adjectives proceded by the definite article.
• Both the article and the possessive must agree in number and gender with the noun they replace.
Possessive Pronouns
• El suéter mío (my sweater - poss. adj.)
• El mío (mine – poss. pron.)• La sudadera nuestra (our
sweatshirt)• La nuestra (ours – pron.)• El libro suyo (his book – poss.
Adj.)• El suyo (his – pron.)
Possessive Pronouns
• Mis padres son muy serios. ¿Y los tuyos?
• Los míos son bastante divertidos.• Tu familia es muy pequeña. La mía
es bastante grande.
Possessive Pronouns
• We often omit the article between the verb ser and the possessive pronoun.
• Esas maletas son nuestras.• Mi hermano siempre dice que toda la
culpa es mía.