Lección 3 - Estructura 3.2 - Tutorial Notes on Possessive Adjectives in Spanish PDF

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Lección 3 – Estructura 3.2 Interactive Tutorial: Possessive Adjectives

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Possessive adjectives express ownership, here are the forms: o Mi/ mis (my) o Tu/ Tus (your (fam.)) o Su/ Sus (his, her, its, your (form.)) o Nuestro/a/ Nuestros/as (our) o Vuestro/a/ Vuestros/as (your (fam.)) o Su/ Sus (their, your) Unlike English possessive adjectives which don’t change Spanish possessive adjectives agrees in number with the nouns they modify o Mi primo (my cousin) o Mis primos (my cousins) o Mi tía (my aunt) o Mis tías (my aunts) Nuestro and Vuestro agree in both gender and number with the nouns they modify o Nuestro primo (our cousin) o Nuestros primos (our cousins) o Nuestra tía (our aunt) o Nuestras tías (our aunts) Possessive adjectives always come before the nouns they modify o Examples:  ¿Está tu novio aqui? (Is your boyfriend here?)  No, mi novio está en la biblioteca. (No, my boyfriend is in the library) Su and Sus have several meanings, for example sus parientes could mean his/her relatives, your relatives, or their relatives. To avoid confusion you can use the following construction: o Article + Noun + de + subject pronoun for the owner o Sus parientes  Los parientes de él/ella  Los parientes de usted/ ustedes  Los parientes de ellos/ellas...