1. Ways to show possession

2. 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.

3. 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)

4. *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!!!

5. 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

6. 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’

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

8. 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________________________

9. 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_______________________

10. -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)

11. 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.

12. 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)_________________________

13. 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__________________________

14. 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

15. 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

16. 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.

17. 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)

18. 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