Possessive Adjectives and Pronouns Mi casa es su

Possessive Adjectives and Pronouns “Mi casa es su casa” p. 232

my, … n n n You use possessive adjectives to tell what belongs to someone or to show relationships. In English, the possessive adjectives are: my, your, his, her, its, our, and their Unlike English, Spanish has two types of possessive adjectives: the short (unstressed) forms, and the long (stressed) forms

En español: mi mis tu tus my su sus his, her, your nuestro, nuestra nuestros, nuestras our your su sus their, your (y’all’s)

¿Recuerdas? - “de” is also used to show possession or relationship and is the same as our English –’s and –s’ n la huelga de GE n GE’s n strike las fábricas de Bill Gates n Bill Gates’ factories ►su huelga its (their) strike ►sus fábricas his factories

Possessive adjectives precede the nouns they modify and agree with the nouns that follow them in number , just like other adjectives… n n n mi ejecutivo nuestra acción nuestro impuesto n n n mis ejecutivos nuestras acciones nuestros impuestos Only nuestro and nuestra have different feminine and masculine endings.

Su and sus can have many different meanings: his, her, its, your, or their n su marca { n sus proyectos { his, her, its, your, their his, her, its, your (Ud. or Uds. ), their brand projects

To be more specific, you can use de + noun or pronoun n su deuda ► n n (its, her, his, your, their) debt n n la deuda de ella la deuda de él la deuda de ustedes la deuda de ellos la deuda de ellas

Un poco de práctica… n (Our) primos son de Tenemos cinco primos. Nuestros Wisconsin. We have five cousins. Our cousins are from Wisconsin. n --¿Te gustan las decoraciones de Amanda? sus decoraciones siempre son buenas. --Sí, (her) -- Do you like Amanda’s decorations? --Yes, her decorations are always good.

n n n sus Los viajeros ocuparon _______ asientos en seguida. mi Compré _______radio en Italia. su Dé usted _____ llave al portero. nuestras Pondremos_____joyas en la caja fuerte. tus ¿Viste a _______amigos esta mañana?

Stressed Possessive Adjectives masculine feminine mío mía míos mías tuyo tuya tuyos tuyas masculine nuestros feminine nuestras suyos suyas

Stressed Possessive Adjectives - Stressed (long) adjective are less commonly used than the unstressed forms masculine feminine mío/míos tuyo/tuyos suyo/suyos mía/mías tuya/tuyas suya/suyas nuestro/ nuestros suyo/suyos nuestra/ nuestras suya/suyas my; (of) mine your; (of) yours (fam. ) your; (of) your (form. ); his; (of) his; her; (of) hers; its our; (of) ours your; (of) yours (form. ); their; (of) theirs

Stressed Possessive Adjectives n are occasionally used when the speaker wishes to emphasize the possessive adjective ¡Hijo mío! ¿A dónde fuiste? My son, where did you go? ¿Tu novio? No, ¡Ricardo es novio mío! Your boyfriend? No, Richard is MY boyfriend!

Stressed Possessive Adjectives n always follow the nouns they modify and agree with them in number and gender mi amiga sus ingresos ► tu cheque nuestras acciones la amiga mía los ingresos suyos el cheque tuyo las acciones nuestras

Possessive Pronouns n Are used to replace the noun + possessive adjective. They agree with the noun in both number and gender. el cheque tuyo los ingresos nuestros la tarjeta de crédito suya el tuyo los nuestros la suya

I think your sons are not in the same school as ours. Creo que tus hijos no están en la misma los nuestros escuela que _______. His (her) car is en the garage; mine is in front of the door. el mío Su coche está en el garaje; ____ está delante de la puerta.

After “ser” --¿Es tuya la calculadora? --No, no es mía. n Here you don’t need an article before the stressed possessive adjective when it follows “ser”.

UNA COSITA MÁS… n Quiero lo mío. I want what is mine. lo + sing. stressed possessive, otherwise known as Neuter Stressed Possessive Pronouns, are used to refer to abstract ideas or concepts, like what is mine, what is yours, etc.

RECAP: Short (unstressed) possessives come BEFORE the noun they modify Long (stressed) possessives come AFTER the noun they modify or REPLACE it el coche mío = the car of mi coche= my car mine / MY car tu libro = your book el libro tuyo = the book of su mochila = his/her/ yours / YOUR book your/their backpack la suya = his/hers/ nuestra casa= our house yours/theirs la nuestra= ours