Possessive Adjectives and Pronouns “Mi casa es su casa” p.232

my, my, … You use possessive adjectives to tell what belongs to someone or to show relationships. In English, the possessive adjectives are: my, your, his, her, its, our, and their Unlike English, Spanish has two types of possessive adjectives: the short (unstressed) forms, and the long (stressed) forms

En español: mi mis nuestro, nuestra nuestros, nuestras tu tus su sus my our your his, her, your their, your (y’all’s)

¿Recuerdas? - “de” is also used to show possession or relationship and is the same as our English –’s and –s’ la huelga de GE ►su huelga GE’s strike its (their) strike las fábricas de Bill Gates ►sus fábricas Bill Gates’ factories his factories

Possessive adjectives precede the nouns they modify and agree with the nouns that follow them in number ,just like other adjectives… mi ejecutivo nuestra acción nuestro impuesto mis ejecutivos nuestras acciones nuestros impuestos Only nuestro and nuestra have different feminine and masculine endings.

Su and sus can have many different meanings: his, her, its, your, or their su marca sus proyectos his, her, its, your (Ud. or Uds.), their brand his, her, its, your, their projects { {

To be more specific, you can use de + noun or pronoun su deuda (its, her, his, your, their) debt la deuda de ella la deuda de él la deuda de usted la deuda de ustedes la deuda de ellos la deuda de ellas ►

Un poco de práctica… (Our) Nuestros Tenemos cinco primos. primos son de Wisconsin. We have five cousins. Our cousins are from Wisconsin. --¿Te gustan las decoraciones de Amanda? --Sí, (her) decoraciones siempre son buenas. -- Do you like Amanda’s decorations? --Yes, her decorations are always good. sus

sus Los viajeros ocuparon _______asientos en seguida. Compré _______radio en Italia. Dé usted _________llave al portero. Pondremos_________joyas en la caja fuerte. ¿Viste a _______amigos esta mañana? mi su nuestras tus

Stressed Possessive Adjectives masculine feminine mío mía míos mías masculine feminine nuestro nuestra nuestros nuestras tuyo tuya tuyos tuyas suyo suya suyos suyas

Stressed Possessive Adjectives - Stressed (long) adjective are less commonly used than the unstressed forms masculine feminine mío/míos mía/mías tuyo/tuyos tuya/tuyas suyo/suyos suya/suyas nuestro/ nuestra/ nuestros nuestras my; (of) mine your; (of) yours (fam.) your; (of) your (form.); his; (of) his; her; (of) hers; its our; (of) ours your; (of) yours (form.); their; (of) theirs

Stressed Possessive Adjectives are occasionally used when the speaker wishes to emphasize the possessive adjective ¡Hijo mío! ¿A dónde fuiste? My son, where did you go? ¿Tu novio? No, ¡Ricardo es novio mío! Your boyfriend? No, Richard is MY boyfriend!

Stressed Possessive Adjectives their nouns are usually preceded by a definite article (el, la los, las). No nos interesan los problemas suyos. We are not interested in your problems. Quiero las fotos mías ahora mismo. I want my snapshots right away.

Stressed Possessive Adjectives always follow the nouns they modify and agree with them in number and gender mi amiga sus ingresos tu cheque nuestras acciones la amiga mía los ingresos suyos el cheque tuyo las acciones nuestras ►

Possessive Pronouns Are used to replace the noun + possessive adjective. They agree with the noun in both number and gender. el cheque tuyo los ingresos nuestros la tarjeta de crédito suya el tuyo los nuestros la suya

I think your sons are not in the same school as ours. Creo que tus hijos no están en la misma escuela que _____________. His (her) car is en the garage; mine is in front of the door. Su coche está en el garaje; ________ está delante de la puerta. los nuestros el mío

After “ser” --¿Es tuya la calculadora? --No, no es mía. Here you don’t need an article before the stressed possessive adjective when it follows “ser”.

UNA COSITA MÁS… Quiero lo mío. I want what is mine. lo + sing. stressed possessive, otherwise known as Neuter Stressed Possessive Pronouns, are used to refer to abstract ideas or concepts, like what is mine, what is yours, etc.

RECAP: Long (stressed) posse-ssives come AFTER the noun they modify or REPLACE it el coche mío = the car of mine / MY car el libro tuyo = the book of yours / YOUR book la suya = his/hers/ yours/theirs la nuestra= ours Short (unstressed) possessives come BEFORE the noun they modify mi coche= my car tu libro = your book su mochila = his/her/ your/their backpack nuestra casa= our house