1. Tema 3: La familia Realidades 1
Expressing Possession

2. Showing Possession APOSTROPHES CANNOT
In Spanish there are no ______________________.
You ____________ say, for example,
Jorge’s dog,
APOSTROPHES
CANNOT

3. Showing Possession
You must say,
“The dog of Jorge,”

4. To say someone owns something (or is related to someone)…DE
___________________
BLANK
BLANK

5. Just like the ______________ DATE
el la, los, las ______________ DE
__________________
DATE
object
the owner

6. Joey’s book Amanda’s ruler el libro de Joey la regla de Amanda
In English we say
Joey’s book
Amanda’s ruler
En español decimos
el libro de Joey
la regla de Amanda

7. Practicamos la mochila de Pedro las clases de Benito el lápiz de María
Translate these examples…
1. Pedro’s book bag = ______________________________________________
2. Benito’s classes = _________________________________________________
3. María’s pencil = _________________________________________________
4. Isabel’s friends(m) = ______________________________________________
la mochila de Pedro
las clases de Benito
el lápiz de María
los amigos de Isabel

8. Practicamos
To use the ‘s in a __________________ you must use: is and are
_________ (singular) and _________ (plural)
sentence es
son

9. _________________________________________________
Translate these examples…
It is Pedro’s book bag. =
_________________________________________________
2. They are Benito’s classes. =
3. It is María’s pencil. =
4. They are Isabel’s friends(m) =
Es la mochila de Pedro.
Son las clases de Benito.
Es el lápiz de Maria.
Son los amigos de Isabel.