POSSESSION ?

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POSSESSION ?
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A possessive adjective tells what belongs to
someone or shows relationships
There are two ways to show possession in
Spanish 1. 2.
The preposition de
Possessive adjectives
My sister
Her book
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The Preposition de
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• In English, we use s to show possession.
• Timmys books.
• The boys animals.
• RememberIn SPANISH there is NO s!!!
• In SPANISH use DE to show possession
• 1.
• 2.
• 3.

Los libros de Timmy.
Los animales de los chicos.
Las verduras de la chica.
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• Recuerdan Ustedes?
• DE EL

del can mean
of the or from the
1. Son las frutas del chico. 2. Es la fiesta del
amigo. 3. Me gustan las películas del profesor.
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• Remember, when using the NAME of a person

Just use DE followed by the NAME 1. 2.
El helado de Paula.
La música de Shakira.
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• Remember that the word order is REVERSED when
  using DE to show possession.
• Johns cat ? the cat of John?
• Lucys pizza? the pizza of Lucy?
• The girls car? the car of the girl?

el gato de John
la pizza de Lucy
el carro de la chica
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POSSESSIVEADJECTIVES
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The possessive adjectives in Español are
my our
your (inf.) yalls (Sp.)
his her yours (f.) theirs you alls

• mi(s)

• nuestro(a)
• nuestros(as)

• vuestro(a)
• vuestros(as)

• tu(s)

• su(s)

• su(s)

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REMEMBER Possesive adjectives must match the
noun in GENDER and NUMBER.

• Ex

La profesora seria.
The BIG difference between POSSESSIVE adjectives
and other adjectives is that POSSESSIVE
adjectives come BEFORE the noun they describe!
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EJEMPLOS

• mi hermana ? mis hermanas
• nuestro abuelo ? nuestros abuelos
• su hija ? sus hijas

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VAMOS A PRACTICAR

• Translate the following into Spanish
• 1. Juans notebook 5. your(i) pizza
• 2. His cat 6. Lisas uncles
• 3. Our house 7. my brothers
• 4. Annas car 8. my sisters
• party