Spanish: An Essential Grammar

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Possessive adjectives are used to indicate a relationship of possession or
association, usually between a person and a thing. For example, the English
word ‘my’ in the phrase ‘my book’ indicates that the book belongs to the
person speaking. Each possessive adjective corresponds to a subject
pronoun. For example, English ‘my’ is the possessive adjective for ‘I’ and
‘your’ is the possessive adjective for ‘you’.

Possessive adjectives before the noun


The following forms are used before a noun, but another adjective may
come between them and the noun:

Subject pronoun Possessive adjective

yo mi/mis my
tú, vos[LA] tu/tus your
él/ella/usted su/sus his/her/its/your
nosotros/-as nuestro/-os/-a/-as our
vosotros/-as[SP] vuestro/-os/-a/-as[SP] your
ellos/ellas/ustedes su/sus their/your

All the possessive adjectives agree in number, but only nuestroand vuestro
[SP] have distinct feminine forms. The agreement is with the noun
possessed (not with the possessor):
mis hijas my daughters
nuestra maleta our suitcase
¿Cantás (vos) tu propia canción? Are you singing your own song?

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Chapter 5 Possessive adjectives

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