Ways to show possession

Ways to show possession in English By using verbs (to have, to own, to possess) Ex: I have a dress. I own a car. By using the preposition “of” Ex: The car of Laura. The book of Miguel By using possessive adjectives Ex: My house. Your pen. Her mother. By using apostrophes In English, possession is indicated by adding an apostrophe and s (‘s) to the noun representing the possessor. Susan’s car. Ana’s shoes.

Ways to show possession in Spanish By using verbs (tener, poseer) Ex: Yo tengo un libro. Ella tiene plumas. By using the preposition de (of/from) and its contraction del (de+el / of the). When you speak of “belonging” in Spanish, you often mean that something is part “of” or “from” something else. The object possessed always comes before the possessor. El libro de Juan (The book of Juan or Juan’s book)

*In Spanish there are no apostrophes!!! In Spanish, you do not use definite articles (el, la, los,las) in front of personal pronouns and proper nouns. You do add articles in front of Mr. Mrs. or Miss. Personal or subject pronouns are pronouns that replace the noun or subject of the sentence like I, you, he, she, they. Proper nouns are “name” nouns. Jill, Smith, London, are examples of proper nouns. To help you make a distinction, think of this way: “city” is a noun, but “London” is the name of a city, so it’s a proper noun. *In Spanish there are no apostrophes!!!

Since there are no apostrophes in Spanish you will have to use the preposition “de” when translating a sentence with apostrophes. Ex: Tina’s book Hector’s pencil The book of Tina The pencil of Hector El libro de Tina El lápiz de Hector The girl’s ball The student’s (f) binder The ball of the girl The binder of the student La pelota de la niña La carpeta de la alumna

Remember If the noun has: ‘s it is singular; if s’ the noun is plural. Ex: The girl’s book (Only one girl) The book of the girl The girls’ book (More than one girl) The book of the girls Ejercicios Write if the noun is singular or plural Singular Plural The boy’s The boys’ The student’s The students’

Ejercicios The teacher’s (f) calculator (calculadora) ____________________________________ 2. The students’(f) books___________________ The boys’ pens________________________ The girl’s binders_____________________ _____________________________________

The boy’s binder _____________________________ Remember: You need to use the contraction del when de is followed by a masculine and singular noun. Ex: The boy’s house. The house of the boy. La casa del niño. de el Ejercicios The boy’s binder _____________________________ _____________________________________________ 2. The teacher’s (m) school_______________________ 3. The student’s (m) pencil________________________

4. The mother’s brother_____________________ _______________________________________ 5. The sisters’ father_______________________ 6. Mr. Smith’s son_________________________ 7. London’s river (rio)______________________ _____________________________Londres. 8. Mrs. William’s daughters__________________ 9. The brother’s aunt_______________________

-You can also use Possessive adjectives to show possession in Spanish. Possession of Possession of English one object multiple objects mi mis my tu tus your (inf) su sus his,her,your(formal) nuestro nuestros our (masculine) nuestra nuestras our (feminine) su sus their, your (pl)

In English, the adjectives used to show possession depend more on the person doing the possessing than on the items being possessed. Thus, you can use “my” to express ownership of a single item as well as many. Ex: My book. My books. My didn’t change with a singular or plural noun. In Spanish a possessive adjective will change depending on the number of the noun that it modifies. Ex: Mi libro. Mis libros Mi is used with singular nouns, while mis is used with plural nouns.

Possessive adjectives always come before the possessed noun. Ejercicios 1. My sister______________________________ 2. My sisters_____________________________ 3. Their brother___________________________ 4. Their brothers__________________________ 5. Your (formal) father______________________ 6. Your (informal) mother___________________ 7. His sister______________________________ 8. Her cousin (m)_________________________

9. Our parents___________________________ 10. Our aunt____________________________ 11. Our uncle____________________________ 12. Our grandparents______________________ 13. Your (pl) cousins(f)____________________ 14. Your (formal) cousins(m)________________ 15. Their cousins (m and f)__________________ 16. My stepmother________________________ 17. His sister____________________________ 18. Your (inf.) son________________________ 19. Our children__________________________

Remember es=is and son=are La hija de mi hermana es mi______________ El hermano de mi padre es mi_____________ La madre de mi mamá es mi______________ Los hijos de mi tía son mis_______________ El padre de mi madre es mi______________ La esposa de mi hijo es mi_______________ Los hijos de mi hija son mis_______________ El padre de mi hermana es mi_____________ Los hijos de mis hermanos son mis________ Standard deviants. Module 13 (Possessive Adjectives) Drive C: Game Show (Spanish Vocab.) People

Nombres y apellidos/names and last names Socorro Aguilar Silva Tita Peña Flores Jose Rodriguez Juan Araiza Ana L.Rodriguez Aguilar Juan M. Araiza Peña Cecilia Araiza Rodriguez (Cecilia de Manley) Brendan Manley Ryan Manley Araiza Kyle Manley Araiza Brendan Manley Araiza

Possessive pronouns Possessive pronouns can replace nouns or phrases. Ex: It is Jose’s hat. It is his hat. It is his. poss. adj. poss. pronoun The word his is a possessive adjective because His is a possessive it is modifying the noun hat. pronoun because it replaced the noun hat; it can stand on its own.

It is Jose’s hat. Es el sombrero de Jose (use de because there aren’t apostrophes in Spanish) It is his hat. Es su sombrero (su is a possessive adj.) It is his. Es suyo (suyo is a possessive pronoun because it took the place of the noun sombrero / hat)

Like possessive adjectives, possessive pronouns reflect the number of items possessed. However, they must also agree in gender. It is the gender and number of the items possessed that determines the gender of the possessive pronoun. It is my house. It is mine Es mi casa. Es mia poss.adj. poss. pronoun