Los pronombres posesivos Possessive pronouns “Abriendo Paso – Gramática” pg. 92
Possessive pronouns function like possessive adjectives (that is, they indicate ownership of possession), but they replace the noun. As pronouns, possessives refers directly to the noun owned or possessed (not to the possessor) and so agree in gender and number with what is possessed. Flora tiene dos entradas, la mía y la tuya. Floras has two tickets, yours and mine
The possessive pronoun is formed by using the definite article and the long form of the possessive adjective. el mío, la mía, los míos, las mías (mine) el tuyo, la tuya, los tuyos, las tuyas (yours) el suyo, la suya, los suyos, las suyas (yours, his, hers, its) el nuestro, la nuestra, los nuestros, las nuestras (ours) el vuestro, la vuestra, los vuestros, las vuestras (yours) el suyo, la suya, los suyos, las suyas (yours, theirs)
El suyo, la suya, los suyos, las suyas can mean his, hers, yours, its, theirs. In n order to avoid ambiguity, replace: - el suyo, la suya, los suyos, las suyas with: el (la, los, las) de + noun or - el (la, los, las) de + pronoun (él, ella, Ud., Uds., ellos, ellas) -Esta cocina es más grande que la suya -Esta cocina es más grande que la de Juan (la de Rita, etc.) -Las cocina es más grande que la de él (la de ella, la de Ud., la de ellos, la de ellas) -This kitchen is larger than his (hers, yours, theirs) -This kitchen is bigger thatn Juan’s (Rita’s, etc.) -This kitchen is bigger than his (hers, yours,
Recuerda que…. The definite article of the noun owned or possessed is an integral part of the possessive pronoun and can only be omitted after the verb ser. Esta mochila es tuya This backpack is yours
When the noun to which a possessive pronoun refers is clear from the context, it can be left out Ellos trajeron los bocadillos Sí, pero los bocadillos tuyos son los mejores Los míos son de queso manchego Los suyos (Los de ellos) son de atún