1. Notes #16  Standard 1.2: Students understand and interpret written and spoken language on a variety of topics  Objective: Students will learn how to use possessive adjectives and compare them to English possessive adjectives.

2. ©2014 by Vista Higher Learning, Inc. All rights reserved.3.2-2 Possessive adjectives, like descriptive adjectives, are used to qualify people, places, or things. Possessive adjectives express the quality of ownership or possession.

3. Singular possessive adjectives Mi Tu Su Nuestro/Nuestr a X Su My your His, her, its You formal our Their Your (all plural)

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

5. ©2014 by Vista Higher Learning, Inc. All rights reserved.3.2-5

6. ©2014 by Vista Higher Learning, Inc. All rights reserved.3.2-6  Possessive adjectives are always placed before the nouns they modify.

7. ©2014 by Vista Higher Learning, Inc. All rights reserved.3.2-7  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].

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. ©2014 by Vista Higher Learning, Inc. All rights reserved.3.2-9 Provide the appropriate form of each possessive adjective. The first item in each column has been done for you. 1.Es _____ (my) libro. 2._____ (My) familia es ecuatoriana. 3._____(Your, fam.) novio es italiano. 4._____(Our) profesor es español. 5.Es _____ (her) reloj. 6.Es _____ (your, fam.) mochila. 7.Es _____ (your, form.) maleta. 8._____(Their) casa es amarilla. 1._____ (Her) primos son franceses. 2._____(Our) cuadernos son verdes. 3.Son _____ (their) lápices. 4._____(Their) nietos son japoneses. 5.Son _____ (our) plumas. 6.Son _____ (my) papeles. 7._____(My) amigas son inglesas. 8. Son _____ (his) cuadernos. mi Sus

10. ©2014 by Vista Higher Learning, Inc. All rights reserved.3.2-10 Provide the appropriate form of each possessive adjective. The first item in each column has been done for you. 1.Es _____ (my) libro. 2._____ (My) familia es ecuatoriana. 3._____(Your, fam.) novio es italiano. 4._____(Our) profesor es español. 5.Es _____ (her) reloj. 6.Es _____ (your, fam.) mochila. 7.Es _____ (your, form.) maleta. 8._____(Their) casa es amarilla. 1._____ (Her) primos son franceses. 2._____(Our) cuadernos son verdes. 3.Son _____ (their) lápices. 4._____(Their) nietos son japoneses. 5.Son _____ (our) plumas. 6.Son _____ (my) papeles. 7._____(My) amigas son inglesas. 8. Son _____ (his) cuadernos. mi Sus