Los adjetivos posessivos Possessive Adjectives

Possessive Adjectives Adjectives help DESCRIBE nouns, correct? They can also show possession, to whom something belongs.

Possessive Adjectives Here are the possessive adjectives in English: my, your, his, her, our, and their We use the same choices regardless if the noun we describe singular or plural.

Posessive Adjectives my dog, my dogs your house, your houses our Slurpee, our Slurpees Notice there are no changes for plurals.

Spanish works a little differently… Because everything in Spanish requires agreement, we have at least 2 choices for a possessive adjective, and sometimes even 4! In Spanish, there are required adjustments for quantity and gender.

Possessive adjectives show ownership of items, or relationships between people. They go before the noun. We use them in place of articles (el/la/los/las).

Possessive Adjectives MY  MI MIS OUR  Nuestro Nuestra, nuestros Nuestras YOUR  TU TUS Your (pl)  Vuestro Vuestra, vuestros, vuestras His Her  SU, SUS Your (formal) Their SU, SUS Your (pl) formal

In English, its easier to tell who something belongs to in the 3 rd person bc we have HIS/HER In Spanish, the possessive adjective SU has many possible meanings (his, her, its, your, their). The context of the conversation will help you to know to whom it refers.

Can you give the plural of these possessive adjectives? Mi hermano  Su padre  Nuestra familia  Tu perro  Su prima  Vuestra tía  Nuestro primo  Su hijo 

Check your answers Mi hermano  mis hermanos Su padre  sus padres Nuestra familia  nuestras familias Tu perro  tus perros Su prima  sus primas Vuestra tía  vuestras tías Nuestro primo  nuestros primos Su hijo  sus hijos

Now try a few on your own here: My brother His mother Our parents Her pencils Your dog His cats Your (pl) houses Our school Mi hermano Su madre Nuestros padres Sus lapices Tu perro Sus gatos Vuestras casas Nuestra escuela

Did you catch the agreement? Mi prima es alta. Todas mis primas son altas. Everything in the sentence matches.

Take another look… ¿Son rubios los hermanos de Rafael? No, sus hermanos son pelirrojos.

Showing Possession In Spanish there are NO apostrophes. You cannot say, for example, Jorge’s dog, (using an apostrophe)

Showing Possession with “DE” Apostrophe “s” does not exist in Spanish. Start with the noun owned + DE + owner. Pepe’s cat? ¡El gato de Pepe! Alicia’s friends? Las amigas de Alicia.

De for ownership Is just another way to say the same thing as possessives. Starts with the noun owned and ends with the owner. ¿Cómo se dice… “My friend’s house? ¡ LA CASA DE MI AMIGO!

Más ejemplos… Tengo el cuaderno de Felipe. La hermana de María es amable.

Su and sus can take the place of a phrase with de + person. ¿De dónde es la madre de Paco? Su madre es de Cuba. You don ’ t need to repeat it bc you already know who you are talking about!

How would you use DE to say… Pepe ’ s books? Juanita ’ s friend? Berto ’ s bicycles? Our house? Their french fries? My friend ’ s house?

GAME TIME! Take a sheet of lined paper. Write the number of your beginning station. You are racing your partner. It ’ s important to be fast, but it ’ s more important to be right. When you finish writing, put your pencil on your desk. Wait for the answer and check. Rock paper scissors in the case of a tie or dispute with your partner. Winner moves down one station, loser moves up one station. First one back to their original seat counting DOWN wins the game.

¿Listos? (Ready?) My brother Mi hermano Her father Su padre Our house Nuestra casa Her cat Su gato Their pencil Su lápiz His cousins Sus primos Her sisters Sus hermanas Our uncles Nuestros tios My paper Mi papel Their family Su familia

¿Listos? Her shoes Sus zapatos My books Mis libros Our class Nuestra clase Their cars Sus coches Their dog Su perro Our homework Nuestra tarea Y ’ all ’ s pencil Vuestro lápiz His tacos Sus tacos Your pizza Tu pizza Y ’ alls friends Vuestros amigos

BONUS ROUND: Use “ DE ” to show ownership Pepe ’ s mother La madre de Pepe Paco ’ s sisters Las hermanas de Paco Marta ’ s girl cousins Las primas de Marta Señor Sanchez ’ s aunt La tía de Señor Sanchez