Possessive Pronouns Page 184 – Chp. 4 – Realidades 3
Possessive Pronouns Let´s look at the possessive adjectives first. There are two sets. The first set goes before the noun. The first set goes before the noun.
Possessive Adjectives (before the noun) mi / mis mi / mismy tu / tus tu / tusyour su / sus su / sushis, her, your nuestro, -a nuestro, -aour nuestros, -as vuestro, -a vuestro, -ayour vuestros, -as su / sus su / sustheir your
Possessive Adjectives (before the noun) mi suéter mis suéteres tu suéter tus suéteres su suéter sus suéteres nuestro suéter nuestros suéteres nuestra sudadera nuestras sudaderas su suéter sus suéteres
Possessive Adjectives (after the noun) mío,mía mío,míamy míos, mías tuyo, tuya tuyo, tuyayour tuyos, tuyas suyo, suya suyo, suyahis,her suyos, suyas suyos, suyasyour nuestro, -a nuestro, -aour nuestros, -as vuestro, -a vuestro, -ayour vuestros, -as suyo, suya suyo, suyatheir suyos, suyas suyos, suyasyour
Possessive Adjectives (after the noun) el suéter mío (my sweater) la sudadera mía (my sweatshirt) el suéter suyo(his, her sweater)
Possessive Pronouns To form the possessive pronouns, To form the possessive pronouns, use the long form of possessive adjectives proceded by the definite article. Both the and the in gender and number with the noun they replace. Both the article and the possessive must agree in gender and number with the noun they replace.
Possessive Pronouns El suéter mío (my sweater - poss. adj.) El mío (mine – poss. pron.) La sudadera nuestra (our sweatshirt) La nuestra (ours – pron.) El libro suyo (his book – poss. Adj.) El suyo (his – pron.)
Possessive Pronouns Mis padres son muy serios. ¿Y los tuyos? Los míos son bastante divertidos. Tu familia es muy pequeña. La mía es bastante grande.
Possessive Pronouns We often omit the article between the verb ser and the possessive pronoun. Esas maletas son las nuestras. Esas maletas son nuestras.