Spanish possessive adjectives
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Possessive adjectives (adjetivos posesivos) express possession or ownership.
Unlike English, they reflect the gender and quantity of the thing being owned, not of the owner.
Examples:
Spanish possessive adjectives have two different forms:
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Unlike the short forms, the long ones emphasize who the owner is or contrast one possessor with another.
Examples:
Singular | Plural form | English translation |
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mi | mis | my |
tu | tus | your (sing.) |
su | sus | his/her/its + formal you |
nuestro / nuestra | nuestros / nuestras | our |
vuestro / vuestra | vuestros / vuestras | your (pl.) |
su | sus | their + formal you |
The short forms are placed before the nouns.
Example:
Mi amiga se llama Lorena. (My friend's name is Lorena.)
Spanish our and your are the only possessive adjectives which are declined into masculine (nuestro/vuestro), feminine (nuestra/vuestra) and plural (nuestros, nuestras / vuestros, vuestras).
Examples:
The forms "su" (singular) and "sus" (plural) mean his, her, formal you and their. The context will help you to determine the person the adjective refers to.
Examples:
Singular form | Plural form | English translation |
---|---|---|
mío / mía* | míos / mías* | mine |
tuyo / tuya | tuyos / tuyas | yours |
suyo / suya | suyos / suyas | his, her, formal yours |
nuestro / nuestra | nuestros / nuestras | ours |
vuestro / vuestra | vuestros / vuestras | yours |
suyo / suya | suyos / suyas | theirs, formal yours |
*These forms carry the accent mark.
The long forms are placed after the noun they modify.
Example:
Las camisas tuyas son todas blancas. (Your shirts are all white.)
All long forms have a a masculine, feminine and plural forms.
Examples:
Suyo and suyos refer to a male (he), female (she) or plural subject (they). The context will help you to determine the person the adjective refers to.
Examples:
Me gustan los zapatos suyos. (I like his/her/their shoes.)
Of mine, of yours, of ours are other English translations of the long forms.
Examples:
Carlos es un amigo mío. (Carlos is a friend of mine.)
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