ANTE TODO

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• ANTE TODO
• In contrast to English, Spanish has two types of
  possessive adjectives the unstressed (or short)
  forms you learned in Lección 3 and the stressed
  (or long) forms.
• The stressed possessive adjectives are used for
  emphasis or to express the English phrases of
  mine, of yours, of his, and so on.

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Stressed possessive adjectives
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• ATENCIÓN!
• Used with un/una, these possessives are similar
  in meaning to the English expression of
  mine/yours/etc.
• Juancho es un amigo mío.
• Juancho is a friend of mine.

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• Stressed possessive adjectives must agree in
  gender and number with the nouns they modify.
• su impresora ? la impresora suya
• her printer her printer
• nuestros televisores ? los televisores
  nuestros
• our television sets our television
  sets

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• Stressed possessive adjectives are placed after
  the noun they modify, while unstressed possessive
  adjectives are placed before the noun.
• Son mis llaves.
• They are my keys.
• Son las llaves mías.
• They are my keys.

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• A definite article, an indefinite article, or a
  demonstrative adjective usually precedes a noun
  modified by a stressed possessive adjective.
• Me encantan unos discos compactos tuyos.
• I love some of your CDs.
• Me encantan los discos compactos tuyos.
• I love your CDs.
• Me encantan estos discos compactos tuyos.
• I love these CDs of yours.

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• Since suyo, suya, suyos, and suyas have more than
  one meaning, you can avoid confusion by using the
  construction article noun de subject
  pronoun.
• el teclado suyo
• el teclado de él/ella his/her keyboard
• el teclado de usted your keyboard
• el teclado de ellos/ellas their keyboard
• el teclado de ustedes your keyboard

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Possessive pronouns

• Possessive pronouns are used to replace a noun
  possessive adjective.
• In Spanish, the possessive pronouns have the same
  forms as the stressed possessive adjectives, and
  they are preceded by a definite article.
• la calculadora nuestra ? la nuestra
• el fax tuyo ? el tuyo
• los archivos suyos ? los suyos

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• A possessive pronoun agrees in number and gender
  with the noun it replaces.
• Aquí está mi coche. Dónde está el tuyo?
• Heres my car. Where is yours?
• El mío está en el taller de mi hermano.
• Mine is at my brothers garage.
• Tienes las revistas de Carlos?
• Do you have Carlos magazines?
• No, pero tengo las nuestras.
• No, but I have ours.

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• ATENCIÓN!
• The definite article (el/la) is usually omitted
  when a stressed possessive follows the verb ser.
• Perdone, pero es suya esta cámara?
• No, no es mía.

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• INTÉNTALO! Indica las formas tónicas (stressed)
  de estos adjetivos posesivos y los pronombres
  posesivos correspondientes.
• adjetivos pronombres
• 1. su videocasetera ______ ______
• 2. mi televisor ______ ______
• 3. nuestros discos compactos ______ ______
• 4. tus calculadoras ______ ______
• 5. su monitor ______ ______
• 6. mis videos ______ ______
• 7. nuestra impresora ______ ______
• 8. tu estéreo ______ ______
• 9. nuestro cederrón ______ ______
• 10. mi computadora ______ ______