Possessive Adjectives and pronouns

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1 Possessive Adjectives and pronouns
Remember: adjectives describe the noun pronouns take the place of the noun

2 Possessive adjectives are used to show ownership.
mi libro my book tu pluma your pen

3 Possessive adjectives come before the noun
mi(s) my tu(s) your su(s) his, her, your(ud. formal) nuestro(-a, -os, -as) our vuestro(-a, -os, -as) your (Spain) su(s) their

4 Su has four meanings: his, her, their and your (formal for Ud.).
María busca a su hermana. María is looking for her sister. Juan busca a su hermana. Juan is looking for his sister. Ellos buscan a su hermana. They are looking for their sister. Su madre busca a su hermana. Your mother is looking for your sister.

5 María busca a la hermana de él. María looks for his sister.
If the meaning of su is not clear from the context of the sentence, prepositional phrase “de + pronoun/name---” is used in place of su: María busca a la hermana de él. María looks for his sister. El hombre busca las llaves de ella. The man looks for her keys. María busca el cuaderno de Juan. María looks for Juan's notebook. El hombre busca las llaves de Samanta. The man looks for Samanta's keys.

6 The possessive pronouns are similar to the possessive adjectives, but they are normally used with the definite article. mine el mío / la mía los míos / las mías yours (familiar) el tuyo / la tuya los tuyos / las tuyas yours (formal), his, hers el suyo / la suya los suyos / las suyas ours el nuestro / la nuestra los nuestros / las nuestras yours (Spain - familiar) el vuestro / la vuestra los vuestros / las vuestras yours (formal), theirs el suyo / la suya los suyos / las suyas

7 Look at the following sentence pairs
Look at the following sentence pairs. One has an adjective, while the other has a pronoun. My book is large. (adjective, describes book) Yours is small. (pronoun, takes the place of noun) Your car is green. (adjective, describes car) Mine is red. (pronoun, takes the place of noun) Translate the sentences:

8 Mi libro es grande. El tuyo es pequeño. Tu carro es verde. El mío es rojo.

9 Notice the following ambiguity:
El carro grande es suyo. (unclarified) The big car is his. 2. El carro pequeño es suyo. (unclarified) The small car is hers. El carro grande es de él. (clarified) El carro pequeño es de ella. (clarified) Note: de + el are contracted to form "del,” however, de + él are not contracted.

10 Translate the following sentences:
The small house is hers. (unclarified) The small house is hers. (clarified) The big cars are theirs. (unclarified) The big cars are theirs (girls). (clarified) The small houses are theirs. (unclarified) The small houses are theirs (boys). (clarified)

11 La casa pequeña es suya. The small house is hers. (unclarified)
La casa pequeña es de ella. The small house is hers. (clarified) Los carros grandes son suyos. The big cars are theirs. (unclarified) Los carros grandes son de ellas. The big cars are theirs. (clarified) Las casas pequeñas son suyas. The small houses are theirs. (unclarified) Las casas pequeñas son de ellos. The small houses are theirs. (clarified)