Possessive Adjectives Ch. 5A

What is it? Shows ownership of an item (or you could call it possession) Because they are adjectives, they must agree in number and gender with the noun that it describes Unlike most adjectives, these come BEFORE the noun it describes If you use a possessive adjective, do not also use an article (definite or indefinite)

The possessive adjectives are… Mi(s) Tu(s) Su(s) Nuestro(s) Nuestra(s) Vuestro(s) Vuestra(s) Su(s)

Observations Nuestro/Vuestro Su(s) These are the only ones that have a masculine and feminine form. Why? They’re the only ones that end in an “o” This has a lot of different meanings = his, her, its, your, their To clarify use “de” instead Sus flores – Whose flowers are they? They could be his, hers, yours, theirs Las flores de ella – this is more specific (the flowers would be hers)

Examples: My (female) cousins mis primas Your sister tu hermana Our balloons nuestros globos His balloon su globo Our grandfather nuestro abuelo

Possession using “de” There is NO apostrophe s in Spanish, so do NOT write Sara’s libro or Saras libro To say Sara’s book in Spanish, the word book comes first, then de, then the owner (Sara) = el libro de Sara Item + de + owner

Examples: Tom’s balloons los globos de Tom Juan and Sara’s flowers las flores de Juan y Sara Jose’s gift el regalo de Jose