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Possesesive adjectives |
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tell what belongs to someone or to show relationships, indicate owner of the noun they modify |
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my, your, his, her, our, and their are the English posessive adjectives, forms do not change in English |
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Spanish possessive adjectives |
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usually placed in front of the noun |
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choose possessive adjective according to owner; it doesn't matter how many people own the noun; if the noun is singular use the singular form, if the noun is plural use a plural form mi libro my
book (one owner, singular noun) su libro
their book (more than one owner, singular noun) |
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agree (match) gender and number of noun that comes after them (ones they describe), not gender and number of the owner of the noun |
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Possessive adjectives are: |
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owner yo (I) - possesive adjective mi (my) or mis (my) |
Matches number of noun being owned (noun that follows); use mi before a singular noun; use mis before a plural noun | |
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owner tú (you)- possesive adjective tu (your) or tus (your) |
Matches number of noun being owned (noun that follows); use tu before a singular noun; use tus before a plural noun | |
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owner él (he), ella (she), or Ud. (you)- possesive adjective su (his, her, your) or sus (his, her, your) |
Matches number of noun being owned (noun that follows); use su before a singular noun; use sus before a plural noun | |
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owner nosotros (we)- possesive adjective nuestro (our), nuestra (our), nuestros (our), nuestras (our) |
Matches number of noun being owned (noun that follows); use nuestro before a masculine, singular noun; use nuestra before a feminine, singular noun; nuestros before a masculine, plural noun; nuestras before a feminine, plural noun; | |
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owner vosotros (you)- possesive adjective vuestro (your), vuestra (your), vuestros (your), vuestras (your) |
Matches number of noun being owned (noun that follows); use vuestro before a masculine, singular noun; use vuestra before a feminine, singular noun; vuestros before a masculine, plural noun; vuestras before a feminine, plural noun; | |
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owner ellos (they), ellas (they), or Uds. (you) - possesive adjective su (their, your) or sus |
Matches number of noun being owned (noun that follows); use su before a singular noun; use sus before a plural noun | |
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NOTE: possessive adjective su or sus can mean his, her, their, or your. |
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Subject usted
- possessive
adjective su or
sus |
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NOTE: possessive adjective nuestro and vuestro end in -o, have four forms, agree in number and gender (see forms above) |
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subject pronoun tú
- accent, means you
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