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Sunday 1 August 2010

Possessive Adjectives

Initial Forms

Terminal Forms
 
singular plural
singular plural
my
mi mis
mío / mía míos / mías
your
tu tus
tuyo / tuya tuyos / tuyas
your/his/her/its
su sus
suyo / suya suyos / suyas
our
nuestro / nuestra nuestros / nuestras
nuestro / nuestra nuestros / nuestras
your
vuestro / vuestra vuestros / vuestras
vuestro / vuestra vuestros / vuestras
your/their
su sus
suyo / suya suyos / suyas

Remember that vuestro forms are only used in Spain (just as the vosotros subject pronoun & verb conjugations are only used in Spain).
Because su and sus can have so many meanings, the definite article may be used instead of su with these expressions following the noun:  de Ud., de él, de ella, de Uds., de ellos and de ellas.
los libros de ellos  their books
The terminal forms are placed after the noun, and the noun must be preceded by the definite article, except in direct address.  When used with the indefinite article, it corresponds to the English "of mine, of yours," etc.
el libro mío  my book
Qué haces, hijo mío?  What are you doing, my son?
un amigo mío  a friend of mine

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