POSSESSION POSSESSION. A possessive adjective tells what belongs to someone or shows relationships Her book My sister There are two ways to show possession.

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1 POSSESSION POSSESSION

2 A possessive adjective tells what belongs to someone or shows relationships Her book My sister There are two ways to show possession in Spanish: 1. 2. The preposition “de” Possessive adjectives

3 The Preposition “de”

4  In English, we use ‘s to show possession.  Timmy’s books.  The boys’ animals.  RememberIn SPANISH there is NO ‘s!!!  In SPANISH use DE to show possession:  1.  2.  3. Los libros de Timmy. Los animales de los chicos. Las verduras de la chica.

5  ¿Recuerdan Ustedes?  DE + EL = **** “del” can mean: of the or from the 1. Son las frutas del chico. 2. Es la fiesta del amigo. 3. Me gustan las películas del profesor.

6  Remember, when using the NAME of a person: Just use “DE” followed by the NAME 1. 2. El helado de Paula. La música de Shakira.

7  Remember that the word order is REVERSED when using “DE” to show possession.  John’s cat  the cat of John   Lucy’s pizza  the pizza of Lucy   The girl’s car  the car of the girl  el gato de John la pizza de Lucy el carro de la chica

8 POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES

9 The possessive adjectives in Español are: myour your(inf.)y’alls(Sp.) hisher yours (f.) theirs you all’s mi(s) tu(s) su(s) nuestro(a)nuestros(as) vuestro(a)vuestros(as) su(s)

10 REMEMBER: Possesive adjectives must match the noun in GENDER and NUMBER. Ex: La profesora seria. The BIG difference between POSSESSIVE adjectives and other adjectives is that POSSESSIVE adjectives come BEFORE the noun they describe!

11 EJEMPLOS: mi hermana  mis hermanas nuestro abuelo  nuestros abuelos su hija  sus hijas

12 VAMOS A PRACTICAR  Translate the following into Spanish: 1. Juan’s notebook5. your(i) pizza 2. His cat 6. Lisa’s uncles 3. Our house7. my brothers 4. Anna’s car8. my sister’s party party