1. Possessive Adjectives
Ch. 5A

2. 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)

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

4. 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)

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

6. 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

7. 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