1. Notes #23 pg 93
Standard 4.1: Students demonstrate understanding of the nature of language through comparisons of the language studied and their own.
Objective: Students will learn how to use possessive adjectives in Spanish and compare them to how English possessive adjectives.

2. Possessive adjectives, like descriptive adjectives, are used to qualify people, places, or things. Possessive adjectives express the quality of ownership or possession.
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3. Singular possessive adjectivesMi Tu Su
Nuestro/Nuestra X Su My
our
your
His, her, its
You formal
Their
Your (all plural)

4. Plural possessive adjectives
Mis
Tus
Sus
Nuestros/
Nuestras X
Sus My
our
your
His, her, its
Their
Your ( all plural)

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6. Possessive adjectives are always placed before the nouns they modify, like in English.
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7. Because su and sus have multiple meanings (your, his, her, their, its), you can avoid confusion by using this construction instead: [article] + [noun] + de + [subject pronoun].
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8. Possessive adjectives tell you who owns something or describe a relationship between people or things. In Spanish possessive adjectives agree in number with the nouns they describe. In English there is no number agreement with possessives.
Ex.
Mi libro/Mis libros
My book/My books
Su carro/Sus carros
his/-her car/their cars
Nuestra clase/Nuestras clases
Our class/Our classes

9. Provide the appropriate form of each possessive adjective
Provide the appropriate form of each possessive adjective. The first item in each column has been done for you.
Es _____ (my) libro.
_____ (My) familia es ecuatoriana.
_____(Your, fam.) novio es italiano.
_____(Our) profesor es español.
Es _____ (her) reloj.
Es _____ (your, fam.) mochila.
Es _____ (your, form.) maleta.
_____(Their) casa es amarilla.
_____ (Her) primos son franceses.
_____(Our) cuadernos son verdes.
Son _____ (their) lápices.
_____(Their) nietos son japoneses.
Son _____ (our) plumas.
Son _____ (my) papeles.
_____(My) amigas son inglesas.
Son _____ (his) cuadernos. mi
Sus
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10. Provide the appropriate form of each possessive adjective
Provide the appropriate form of each possessive adjective. The first item in each column has been done for you.
Es _____ (my) libro.
_____ (My) familia es ecuatoriana.
_____(Your, fam.) novio es italiano.
_____(Our) profesor es español.
Es _____ (her) reloj.
Es _____ (your, fam.) mochila.
Es _____ (your, form.) maleta.
_____(Their) casa es amarilla.
_____ (Her) primos son franceses.
_____(Our) cuadernos son verdes.
Son _____ (their) lápices.
_____(Their) nietos son japoneses.
Son _____ (our) plumas.
Son _____ (my) papeles.
_____(My) amigas son inglesas.
Son _____ (his) cuadernos. mi
Sus
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