Possessive Adjectives

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Possessive Adjectives

• Indicate ownership and are in English
• My
• Your (familiar)
• His, Her, Your (pol.)
• Our
• Their, Your (plural)

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Possessive Adjectives
SINGULAR PLURAL SINGULAR PLURAL
Mi My Mis My Nuestro/a Our Nuestros/as Our
Tu Your Tus Your
Su His, Her, Its, Your Sus His, Her, Its, Your Su Their, Your Sus Their, Your
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Possessive Adjectives

• They come before the noun
• Eg. My book / Mi libro
• They agree in gender and number with the noun to
  which they refer

• Eg. My books /
• Mis libros
• Our house /
• Nuestra Casa

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Possessive Adjectives

• Nuestro (our) is the only with both masculine
  feminine form
• Nuestra tía our aunt
• Nuestras madres our mothers (FEM)
• Nuestro hermano our brother
• Nuestros tíos our uncles (MASC)

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Lets try translating these

• 1. your (familiar) classes - 2. your (polite)
  washing machine - 3. his son - 4. her children
  - 5. our daughter - 6. your (familiar) car -
  7. their chairs - 8. my bedroom
• 9. our computers
• 10.our television

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Lets try translating these

• 1. your (familiar) classes tus clases2. your
  (polite) washing machine su lavadora3. his son
  su hijo4. her children sus niños5. our
  daughter nuestra hija6. your (familiar) car
  tu carro7. their chairs sus sillas8. my
  bedroom mi dormitorio
• 9. our computers nuestras computadoras
• 10.our television nuestro televisor

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Possessive Adjectives

• Su his, her, its, your, their
• Therefore to specify we can use
• de él, de ella, de usted, de ellos, de ellas, de
  ustedes after the noun to specify whose the
  object is
• Eg. su periódico de él his newspaper
• su coche de ellos their car

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Possessive Adjectives

• Note that the definite article, la/el, is used to
  refer to parts of the body, clothes and personal
  effects
• Eg. El profesor tiene un lápiz en la mano
• The teacher has a pencil in his hand.

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Fill in the correct form of the verbs in brackets
and translate the sentences.Homework 31 March
2011 for 4 April, 2011

• Normalmente mi hermana ___________(planchar) la
  ropa.
• Yo _______(limpiar) el cuarto de baño.
• Mis tías __________(pasar) la aspiradora.
• Mi hermano ___________(arreglar) los dormitorios
  raras veces
• Mi madre y yo __________(preparar) el desayuno.

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Ejercicio

• Mi padre ________(cocinar) la cena.
• Mis hermanas ________(hacer las camas)
• Yo ___________(barrer) el piso muchas veces.
• Yo ________(poner la mesa) y mi prima
  _______(hacer las compras)
• Mi hermana menor _________(fregar) los platos.