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Possessive Pronouns

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 nuestro, -aour nuestros, -as tu / tus your vuestro, -a vuestros, -as your su / sus his, her, your su / sus their your

Possessive Adjectives (before the noun) mi suéter mis suéteres tu suéter tus suéteres su suéter sus suéteres nuestro suéter nuestros suéteres nuestra sudadera nuestras sudaderas su suéter sus suéteres

Possessive Adjectives (after the noun) mío, mía míos, mías my nuestro, -aour nuestros, -as tuyo, tuya tuyos, tuyas your vuestro, -a vuestros, -as suyo, suya his, her suyos, suyas your suyo, suya their 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.