Possessive Adjectives Adjetivos Posesivos

Showing Possession In Spanish there are NO apostrophes. You cannot say, for example, Jorge’s dog, (using an apostrophe)

Showing Posession You must say, “The dog of Jorge,” only in Spanish. Like this: El perro de Jorge.

De + noun This concept of showing possession is using “de + noun.” For example:

De + Noun Tengo el cuaderno de Felipe. La hermana de Maria es amable.

Possessive Adjectives Adjectives DESCRIBE nouns, correct? Well, they can also show possession.

Possessive Adjectives Here are the possessive adjectives in English: my, your, his, her, our, and their.

Posessive Adjectives It like saying “my dog, your house, his notebook, etc.”

Here are the possessive adjectives in Spanish!

Posessive Adjectives mi / mis(my) tu / tus(your) su / sus (his,her and your f.) Nuestro, a, os, as (our) vuestro, a, os, as (their) su / sus (their)

Possessive Adjectives Some examples: mi hermano mis hermanos tu abuela tus abuelas su hijosus hijos nuestro tíonuestros tíos nuestra tíanuestras tías

Possessive Adjectives The possessive adjective must be singular if the noun is singular and plural if the noun is plural.

Posessive Adjectives Mi prima es alta. Mis primas son altas.

Posessive Adjectives gato (my) gatos (my) Libro (your) Diccionarios(your)

Translate the vocab. word then provide the correct possesisive adjetive 1. dogs (my) 9. younger sister (their) 2.Stepsister (your) 10.dog (our) 3.Grandpa (our) 11.cats (your) 4. Sister (his) 12. wife (his) 5. Cousins (their) 13. husband (her) 6. Dad (her) 14. parents (his) 7. Aunts (my) 15. children (my) 8. son (your) 16. older daughter (his)