Possessive Adjectives

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Possessive Adjectives
Spanish One ch.5A
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Los adjetivos

• Adjectives Words that modify nouns
• En español, most adjectives have either two or
  four forms
• When using adjectives in Spanish, one must always
  consider PLACEMENT and AGREEMENT.

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ADJECTIVE AGREEMENT
If an adjective ends in O, A, OS or AS then it
will have four forms and the form that you use in
any given sentence must agree with the noun that
it modifies. nuestro (m/s) nuestra
(f/s) nuestros (m/p) nuestras (f/p)
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ADJECTIVE AGREEMENT
If an adjective ends in something other than O,
A, OS or AS, then it will have only two forms
singular and plural. su (s) sus (p)
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Exceptions to the rule
The following adjectives lose the o of the
masc. singular ending WHEN they come right before
a Masc. Singular Noun. good (bueno)buen
libro bad (malo)mal perro one (uno)un
bolígrafo first (primero)el primer día
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PLACEMENT OF ADJECTIVES

• Restrictive adjectives
• placed in front of the noun
• Descriptive adjectives
• placed after the noun
• Nouns used as adjectives
• placed after the noun and separated by the
  word de

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POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES
mi nuestro
tu ----------
su su
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EXAMPLES
his big backpack su mochila grande our white
book nuestro libro blanco their Spanish
notebooks sus cuadernos de español
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PRACTICE

• our school backpacks
• their big desk
• my English books
• her Spanish dictionaries
• your (fam) big notebook
• his new pencils

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PRACTICA

• nuestras mochilas de colegio
• su escritorio grande
• mis libros de inglés
• sus diccionarios de español
• tu cuaderno grande
• sus lápices nuevos