Showing Ownership 1. “’s”: Ex.: Juan’s cousin In Spanish : definite article + noun + DE + owner Juan’s cousin = el primo de Juan 2. Possessive Adjectives mi/mis = my tu/tus = your su/sus = his, her, your, their nuestro, nuestros nuestra, nuestras = our all possessive adjectives come before the noun Mi fiesta de cumpleaños está en mi casa. mi, tu and su have plural forms Mis hermanos y mis primos vienen a mi fiesta.
nuestro agrees in number AND gender with the noun that follows. Nuestro amigo viene de Colombia. Nuestras amigas vienen de Colombia. 3. Long-form Possessive Adjectives Ex. : Where is that book of yours ? “of Yours” is the long-form possessive adjective. mine = el... mío, la...mía, los...míos, las...mías yours = el... tuyo, la... tuya, los... tuyos, las... tuyas ours = el... nuestro, la... nuestra, los... nuestros, las... nuestras his, hers, yours, theirs = el... suyo, la... suya, los... suyos, las... suyas The LONG-FORM POSSESSIVES in Spanish are:
The long form possessives come AFTER the noun. article + noun + long-form possessive Ex.: Este es mi regalo. No es el regalo tuyo. This is my gift. It’s not a gift of yours. “Suyo” has many different meanings so you may do the following: El libro suyo está en la sala. El libro de él está en la sala. The book of his is in the living room. El libro de ella está en la cocina. The book of hers is in the kitchen. A book of ??? is in the living room. “Nuestro” is the only possessive that does NOT have a short form. Nuestro amigo vive en Canadá. El amigo nuestro vive en Canadá.