Possessive Possessive AdjectivesAdjectives

                                                                                                                                                                                      

                                                                                        

Possessive AdjectivesPossessive AdjectivesAdjectives DESCRIBE Adjectives DESCRIBE nouns, correct?nouns, correct?

Well, they can also show Well, they can also show possession.possession.

Possessive AdjectivesPossessive AdjectivesHere are the possessive Here are the possessive adjectives in English: my, adjectives in English: my, your, his, her, our, and their.your, his, her, our, and their.

Posessive AdjectivesPosessive AdjectivesIt ‘s like saying “my dog, It ‘s like saying “my dog, your house, his notebook, your house, his notebook, etc.”etc.”

Here are the possessiveadjectives in Spanish!

Possessive adjectives show ownership or relationships between people. They are placed before the noun.

Posessive AdjectivesPosessive Adjectivessingularsingular

mi / mismi / mis (my)(my)

tu / tustu / tus (your)(your)

su / sus (his,her)su / sus (his,her)

or (your f.)or (your f.)

pluralplural

nuestro a, os, as nuestro a, os, as (our)(our)

vuestro, a, os, asvuestro, a, os, as

(your inf.)(your inf.)

su / sus (their)su / sus (their)

or (your f.)or (your f.)

In English,In English, the possessive adjectives the possessive adjectives his, her,his, her, and and their their tell whether something belongs to a tell whether something belongs to a male, a female, or more than one person.male, a female, or more than one person.

In Spanish,In Spanish, the possessive adjective the possessive adjective susu  has many possible meanings has many possible meanings (his, her, its, (his, her, its, your, their)your, their). Context usually makes the . Context usually makes the meaning clear.meaning clear.

Possessive AdjectivesPossessive AdjectivesSome examples:Some examples:

mi mi hermanohermano mismis hermanos hermanos

tutu abuela abuela tustus abuelas abuelas

susu hijo hijo sussus hijos hijos

nuestronuestro tío tío nuestros nuestros tíostíos

nuestranuestra tía tía nuestrasnuestras tías tías

Possessive AdjectivesPossessive AdjectivesThe possessive adjective must be The possessive adjective must be singular if the noun is singular and singular if the noun is singular and plural if the noun is plural.plural if the noun is plural.

While possessive adjectives refer to the While possessive adjectives refer to the owner, their form agrees in gender and owner, their form agrees in gender and number with the noun that comes after number with the noun that comes after them.them.

                                                                                                                                                                  

                  

Posessive AdjectivesPosessive AdjectivesMi prima es alta.Mi prima es alta.

Todas miTodas miss prim primasas son son altaltasas..

Posessive AdjectivesPosessive Adjectives¿Son rubios los ¿Son rubios los hermanos de Rafael?hermanos de Rafael?

No, No, sussus herman hermanosos son son pelirrojpelirrojosos..

Showing PossessionShowing PossessionIn Spanish there are NO In Spanish there are NO apostrophes.apostrophes.

You cannot say, for example, You cannot say, for example,

Jorge’s dog, Jorge’s dog,

(using an apostrophe)(using an apostrophe)

Showing PosessionShowing Posession

You must say, You must say,

““The dog of Jorge,” only in The dog of Jorge,” only in Spanish. Like this:Spanish. Like this:

El perro de Jorge.El perro de Jorge.

De + nounDe + noun

This concept of showing This concept of showing possession is using “de possession is using “de + noun.”+ noun.”

For example:For example:

De + NounDe + Noun

Tengo el cuaderno Tengo el cuaderno dede Felipe.Felipe.

La hermana La hermana dede María es María es amable.amable.

SuSu and  and sus sus can take the can take the place of a phrase with place of a phrase with de + de +

person.person.

¿De dónde es ¿De dónde es la madre la madre de de JuanJuan? ?

SuSu madre es de Puebla. madre es de Puebla.

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