possessive adjectives and pronouns “mi casa es su casa” p.232
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Possessive Adjectives Possessive Adjectives and Pronounsand Pronouns
““Mi Mi casa es casa es susu casa” casa”
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my, my, …my, my, …
You use possessive adjectives to tell what You use possessive adjectives to tell what belongs to someone or to show relationships.belongs to someone or to show relationships.
In English, the possessive adjectives are: In English, the possessive adjectives are: my, my, your, his, her, its, our, and theiryour, his, her, its, our, and their
Unlike English, Spanish has two types of Unlike English, Spanish has two types of possessive adjectives: the short (unstressed) possessive adjectives: the short (unstressed) forms, and the long (stressed) formsforms, and the long (stressed) forms
En español:En español:
mimi
mismis
nuestro, nuestranuestro, nuestra
nuestros, nuestrasnuestros, nuestras
tutu
tustus
susu
sussussusu
sussus
mymy
youryour
his, her, his, her, youryour
ourour
their, their, your your (y’all’s)(y’all’s)
¿Recuerdas? - “de” is also used to ¿Recuerdas? - “de” is also used to show possession or relationship and is show possession or relationship and is
the same as our English –’s and –s’the same as our English –’s and –s’
la huelga de GEla huelga de GE ►su huelga►su huelga GE’s strikeGE’s strike its (their) its (their)
strikestrike
las fábricas de Bill Gateslas fábricas de Bill Gates ►sus ►sus fábricasfábricas Bill Gates’ factoriesBill Gates’ factories his factorieshis factories
Possessive adjectives precede tPossessive adjectives precede thhe e nouns they modify and agree with nouns they modify and agree with
the nouns that follow them in the nouns that follow them in numbernumber ,just like other ,just like other
adjectives…adjectives… mi ejecutivmi ejecutivoo nuestrnuestraa acción acción nuestrnuestroo impuest impuestoo
mimiss ejecutivo ejecutivoss nuestrnuestrasas accione accioness nuestrnuestrosos impuesto impuestoss
Only Only nuestrnuestroo and and nuestrnuestraa have have different feminine and masculine different feminine and masculine endings.endings.
Su Su and and sussus can have many can have many different meanings:different meanings:
his, her, its, your, his, her, its, your, oror their their
su marcasu marca
sus proyectossus proyectos
his, her, its, your (Ud. his, her, its, your (Ud. or Uds.), their brandor Uds.), their brand
his, her, its, your, their his, her, its, your, their projectsprojects
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To be more specific, you can To be more specific, you can use use dede + noun or pronoun + noun or pronoun
su su deudadeuda
(its, her, his, your, (its, her, his, your, their) their) debtdebt
la deuda la deuda de ellade ella la deuda la deuda dede élél la deuda la deuda dede ustedusted la deuda la deuda dede
ustedesustedes la deuda la deuda dede ellosellos la deuda la deuda dede ellasellas
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Un poco de práctica…Un poco de práctica…
Tenemos cinco primos. primos son Tenemos cinco primos. primos son de Wisconsin.de Wisconsin.
We have five cousins. Our cousins are from We have five cousins. Our cousins are from Wisconsin.Wisconsin.
--¿Te gustan las decoraciones de Amanda?--¿Te gustan las decoraciones de Amanda?--Sí, (her) decoraciones siempre son --Sí, (her) decoraciones siempre son buenas.buenas.
-- Do you like Amanda’s decorations?-- Do you like Amanda’s decorations?--Yes, her decorations are always good.--Yes, her decorations are always good.
sussus
((OurOur))NuestroNuestross
Los viajeros ocuparon Los viajeros ocuparon _______asientos en seguida._______asientos en seguida.
Compré _______radio en Italia.Compré _______radio en Italia. Dé usted _________llave al portero.Dé usted _________llave al portero. Pondremos_________joyas en la caja Pondremos_________joyas en la caja
fuerte.fuerte. ¿Viste a _______amigos esta mañana?¿Viste a _______amigos esta mañana?
sussus
mimi
susu
nuestranuestrass
tustus
Stressed Possessive Stressed Possessive AdjectivesAdjectives
masculine masculine feminine feminine
mío míamío mía
míos míasmíos mías
masculine masculine femininefeminine
nuestro nuestro nuestranuestra
nuestros nuestros nuestrasnuestras
tuyo tuyatuyo tuya
tuyos tuyos tuyastuyas
suyo suyasuyo suya
suyos suyos suyassuyas
suyo suyasuyo suya
suyos suyassuyos suyas
Stressed Possessive Adjectives Stressed Possessive Adjectives - - Stressed (long) adjective are less Stressed (long) adjective are less
commonly used than the unstressed formscommonly used than the unstressed formsmasculine femininemasculine feminine
mío/míos mía/míasmío/míos mía/míastuyo/tuyos tuya/tuyastuyo/tuyos tuya/tuyassuyo/suyos suya/suyassuyo/suyos suya/suyas
nuestro/ nuestra/nuestro/ nuestra/nuestros nuestros nuestrasnuestras
suyo/suyos suya/suyassuyo/suyos suya/suyas
my; (of) minemy; (of) mineyour; (of) yours (fam.)your; (of) yours (fam.)your; (of) your (form.); your; (of) your (form.); his; (of) his; her; (of) his; (of) his; her; (of)
hers; itshers; itsour; (of) oursour; (of) oursyour; (of) yours (form.); your; (of) yours (form.);
their; (of) theirstheir; (of) theirs
are occasionally used when the are occasionally used when the speaker wishes to emphasize the speaker wishes to emphasize the possessive adjectivepossessive adjective
¡Hijo ¡Hijo míomío! ¿A dónde fuiste?! ¿A dónde fuiste?My My sonson, where did you go?, where did you go?
¿Tu novio? No, ¡Ricardo es novio mío! ¿Tu novio? No, ¡Ricardo es novio mío! Your boyfriend? No, Richard is MY Your boyfriend? No, Richard is MY
boyfriend!boyfriend!
Stressed Possessive Stressed Possessive AdjectivesAdjectives
always follow the nouns they always follow the nouns they modify and agree with them in modify and agree with them in number and gendernumber and gender
mi amigami amiga
sus ingresossus ingresos
tu chequetu cheque
nuestras accionesnuestras acciones
la amiga míala amiga mía
los ingresos suyoslos ingresos suyos
el cheque tuyoel cheque tuyo
las acciones las acciones nuestrasnuestras
Stressed Possessive Stressed Possessive AdjectivesAdjectives
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Possessive PronounsPossessive Pronouns
Are used to replace the noun + Are used to replace the noun + possessive adjective. They agree with possessive adjective. They agree with the noun in both number and gender.the noun in both number and gender.
el cheque tuyoel cheque tuyolos ingresos nuestroslos ingresos nuestrosla tarjeta de crédito suyala tarjeta de crédito suya
el tuyoel tuyo
los nuestroslos nuestros
la suyala suya
I think your sons are not in the same I think your sons are not in the same school as school as oursours..
Creo que tus hijos no están en la Creo que tus hijos no están en la misma escuela que misma escuela que _____________._____________.
His (her) car is en the garage; His (her) car is en the garage; minemine is is in front of the door.in front of the door.
Su coche está en el garaje; Su coche está en el garaje; ________________ está delante de la puerta.está delante de la puerta.
los los nuestrosnuestros
el míoel mío
After “ser”After “ser”
--¿Es tuya la calculadora?--¿Es tuya la calculadora?
--No, no es mía.--No, no es mía.
Here you don’t need an article before Here you don’t need an article before the stressed possessive adjective the stressed possessive adjective when it follows “ser”.when it follows “ser”.
UNA COSITA MÁS…UNA COSITA MÁS…
Quiero Quiero lo mío.lo mío.
I want I want what is mine.what is mine.
lo + sing. stressed possessive, lo + sing. stressed possessive, otherwise known as Neuter Stressed otherwise known as Neuter Stressed Possessive Pronouns, are used to Possessive Pronouns, are used to refer to abstract ideas or concepts, refer to abstract ideas or concepts, like like what is mine, what is yours, etc.what is mine, what is yours, etc.
RECAP:RECAP:Short (unstressed) Short (unstressed)
possessives come possessives come BEFORE the noun BEFORE the noun they modifythey modify
mi coche= my carmi coche= my car
tu libro = your booktu libro = your book
su mochila = his/her/ su mochila = his/her/ your/their backpackyour/their backpack
nuestra casa= our nuestra casa= our househouse
Long (stressed) posse-Long (stressed) posse-ssives come AFTER ssives come AFTER the noun they modify the noun they modify or REPLACE itor REPLACE it
el coche mío = the car of el coche mío = the car of mine / MY carmine / MY car
el libro tuyo = the book of el libro tuyo = the book of yours / YOUR bookyours / YOUR book
la suya = his/hers/ la suya = his/hers/ yours/theirsyours/theirs
la nuestra= oursla nuestra= ours