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Possessive Adjectives in Spanish

Learn about possessive adjectives in Spanish and how they are used to express ownership or possession. Understand the forms and rules for using possessive adjectives correctly.

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Possessive Adjectives in Spanish

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  1. ANTE TODO • Possessive adjectives, like descriptive adjectives, are words that are used to qualify people, places, or things. • Possessive adjectives express the quality of ownership or possession.

  2. Forms of possessive adjectives SINGULAR FORMS PLURAL FORMS mi mismy tu tusyour (fam.) su sus his, her, its, your (form.) nuestro/a nuestros/asour vuestro/a vuestros/asyour (fam.) su sustheir, your (form.)

  3. COMPARE & CONTRAST • In English, possessive adjectives are invariable; that is, they do not agree in gender and number with the nouns they modify. my cousin my cousins my aunt my aunts • Spanish possessive adjectives, however, do agree in number with the nouns they modify. mi primo mis primos mi tía mis tías • The forms nuestro and vuestro agree in both gender and number with the nouns they modify. nuestro primo nuestra tía nuestros primos nuestras tías

  4. Possessive adjectives are always placed before the nouns they modify. —¿Está tu novio aquí? Is your boyfriend here? —No, mi novio está en la biblioteca. No, my boyfriend is in the library.

  5. 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]. los parientes de él/ellahis/her relatives sus parienteslos parientes de Ud./Uds.your relatives los parientes de ellos/ellastheir relatives

  6. ¡INTÉNTALO!Provide the appropriate form of each possessive adjective. 1. Es ___ (my) corbata. 2. ___ (My) camisa es roja. 3. ___ (Your, fam.) botas son caras. 4. ___ (Our) mochila es barata. 5. Es ___ (her) reloj. 6. Es ___ (your, fam.) gorro de nieve.. 7. Es ___ (your, form.) traje de baño. 8. ___ (Their) bufandas son elegantes. 9. ___ (Her) vesito es feo. 10. ___ (Our) suéteres son morados. 11. Son ___ (their) esmoquines. 12. ___ (Their) gafas del sol son grises. 13. Son ___ (our) relojes. 14. Son ___ (my) calcetines. 15. ___ (My) guantes son de lana. 16. Son ___ (his) calzoncillos.

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