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• Possessive Adjectives

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Possessive Adjectives

• Adjectives DESCRIBE nouns, correct?
• Well, they can also show possession.

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Possessive Adjectives

• Here are the possessive adjectives in English
  my, your, his, her, our, and their.

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Here are the possessive adjectives in Spanish!
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Possessive Adjectives

• mi / mis (my)
• tu / tus (your)
• su / sus (his,her)
• or (your
• formal)

• nuestro a, os, as (our)
• vuestro, a, os, as
• (your inf.)
• su / sus (their)
• or (your
• formal)

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Posessive Adjectives

• It like saying my dog, your house, his notebook,
  etc.

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Possessive Adjectives

• Some examples
• mi hermano mis hermanos
• tu abuela tus abuelas
• su hijo sus hijos
• nuestro tío nuestros tíos
• nuestra tía nuestras tías

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Possessive Adjectives

• The possessive adjective must be singular if the
  noun is singular and plural if the noun is
  plural. Possessive adjectives must also agree in
  gender for nuestro and vuestro.
• Possessive adjectives agree with the noun that is
  being owned and NOT THE PERSON WHO OWNS IT.

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Possessive Adjectives

• Mi prima es trabajadora.
• Todas mis primas son ordenadas.

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Possessive Adjectives

• Son pacientes los hermanos de Rafael?
• No, sus hermanos son impacientes.

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Showing Possession

• In Spanish there are NO apostrophes.
• You cannot say, for example,
• Jorges dog,
• (using an apostrophe)

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Showing Possession

• You must say,
• The dog of Jorge, only in Spanish. Like this
• El perro de Jorge.

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De noun

• This concept of showing possession is using
  de noun.
• For example

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De Noun

• Tengo el cuaderno de Felipe.
• I have Felipes notebook.
• La hermana de María es simpática.
• Marías sister is nice/friendly.

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Lets review again!
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Posessive Adjectives

• mi / mis (my)
• tu / tus (your)
• su / sus (his,her)
• or (your f.)

• nuestro a, os, as (our)
• vuestro, a, os, as
• (your inf.)
• su / sus (their)
• or (your f.)