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Possessive adjectives

Express ownership and family relationships using short-form possessives.

Possessives agree with the thing owned, not the owner. Mi, tu and su vary only for number; nuestro and vuestro vary for gender and number.

Patterns to reuse
mi/mis, tu/tus, su/sus + noun
my, your, his/her/your/their
mee
nuestro/a/os/as + noun
our
NWEHS-troh
vuestro/a/os/as + noun
your plural informal
BWEHS-troh
Watch out for
nuestro casas
nuestras casas

Nuestro agrees with the feminine plural noun casas.

su de Ana
el libro de Ana / su libro

Use either de + person or a possessive, not both.

Mi hermano vive con sus hijos.
My brother lives with his children.
mee ehr-MAH-noh BEE-beh kohn soos EE-hohs
Nuestra casa es pequeña.
Our house is small.
NWEHS-trah KAH-sah ehs peh-KEH-nyah
¿Cómo se llama tu empresa?
What is your company called?
KOH-moh seh YAH-mah too ehm-PREH-sah
Es el coche de Marta.
It is Marta’s car.
ehs ehl KOH-cheh deh MAHR-tah
Forms
Yo
mimis
Tú
tutus
Él ella usted ellos ustedes
susus
Nosotros
nuestronuestranuestrosnuestras
Vosotros
vuestrovuestravuestrosvuestras
Disambiguation

Use de + person where su is unclear: la hermana de Ana.

Try it out loud
transform
Change “mi casa” to plural, then to “our houses”.
What to include

mis casas; nuestras casas

choice
Choose su/sus/nuestro/nuestra for four nouns.
What to include

Agree with the possessed noun.

production
Describe five people or objects in your family/home using possessives.
What to include

Include mi, su and nuestro forms.

Happy with all of this?
  • I can choose singular versus plural possessives.
  • I can disambiguate su with de + person.

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