Possessive Pronouns

Possessive Pronouns

• Let´s look at the possessive adjectives first.

• There are two sets.• The first set goes before the

noun.

Possessive Adjectives (before the noun)

mi / mis my

tu / tusyour

su / sus his,

her,

your

nuestro, -a ournuestros, -as

su / sustheir

your

Possessive Adjectives (before the noun)

mi suétermis suéteres

tu suétertus suéteres

su suétersus suéteres

nuestro suéternuestros suéteresnuestra sudaderanuestras

sudaderas

su suétersus suéteres

Possessive Adjectives (after the noun)

mío,mía mymíos, mías

tuyo, tuyayour

tuyos, tuyas

suyo, suyahis,her

suyos, suyasyour

nuestro, -a ournuestros, -as

suyo, suyatheir

suyos, suyasyour

Possessive Adjectives (after the noun)

• el suéter mío, los suéteres míos• (my sweater, my sweaters)• la sudadera mía, las sudaderas mías• (my sweatshirt, my sweatshirts)• el suéter suyo, los suéteres suyos• (his, her sweater / his, her sweaters)• la sudadera suya, las sudaderas

suyas• (his, her sweatshirt / his, her

sweatshirts)

Possessive Pronouns

• To form the possessive pronouns, use the long form of possessive adjectives proceded by the definite article.

• Both the article and the possessive must agree in number and gender with the noun they replace.

Possessive Pronouns

• El suéter mío (my sweater - poss. adj.)

• El mío (mine – poss. pron.)• La sudadera nuestra (our

sweatshirt)• La nuestra (ours – pron.)• El libro suyo (his book – poss.

Adj.)• El suyo (his – pron.)

Possessive Pronouns

• Mis padres son muy serios. ¿Y los tuyos?

• Los míos son bastante divertidos.• Tu familia es muy pequeña. La

mía es bastante grande.

Possessive Pronouns

• We often omit the article between the verb ser and the possessive pronoun.

• Esas maletas son nuestras.• Mi hermano siempre dice que toda la

culpa es mía.