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• Possessive Adjectives

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Showing Possession

• In Spanish there are NO apostrophes.
• You cannot say, for example,
• Jorges dog,
• (using an apostrophe)

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Showing Posession

• You must say,
• The dog of Jorge, only in Spanish. Like this
• El perro de Jorge.

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De noun

• This concept of showing possession is using
  object de noun.
• For example

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De Noun

• Tengo el cuaderno de Felipe.
• La hermana de Maria es amable.

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Possessive Adjectives

• Adjectives DESCRIBE nouns, correct?
• Well, they can also show possession.

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Possessive Adjectives

• Here are the possessive adjectives in English
  my, your, his, her, our, and their.

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Posessive Adjectives

• It like saying my dog, your house, his notebook,
  etc.

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Here are the possessive adjectives in Spanish!
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Posessive Adjectives

• singular
• mi / mis (my)
• tu / tus (your)
• su / sus (his,her)
• or (your f.)

• plural
• nuestro a, os, as (our)
• vuestro, a, os, as
• (your inf.)
• su / sus (their)
• or (your f.)

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Possessive Adjectives

• Some examples
• mi hermano mis hermanos
• tu abuela tus abuelas
• su hijo sus hijos
• nuestro tío nuestros tíos
• nuestra tía nuestras tías

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Possessive Adjectives

• The possessive adjective must be singular if the
  noun is singular and plural if the noun is
  plural.
• In other words, it must agree in gender and
  number!

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Possessive Adjectives

• The possessive adjective must agree with the item
  of possession, not the person possessing the
  item.

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Posessive Adjectives

• Mi prima es alta.
• Todas mis primas son altas.

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Posessive Adjectives

• Son rubios los hermanos de Rafael?
• No, sus hermanos son pelirrojos.

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Lets Practice!
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• Fill in the blanks with the missing possessive
  adjective based on the clue given in
  parentheses.
• (your) _____ primos son graciosos.
• 2. (her) _____ abuelos son muy amables.
• 3. (their) _____ hijo es bajo.
• 4. (our) __________ abuela es simpática.
• 5. (your f.)_____ papá es moreno.
• 6. (your alls) _____ sobrinos son jóvenes.

Tus
Sus
Su
Nuestra
Su
Sus
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B. Translate the following phrases to
Spanish 7. Marías brother el hermano de
María 8. Pacos granddaughter la nieta de
Paco 9. Pablo and Lucías grandparents los
abuelos de Lucía y Pablo 10. Gabriels aunt
uncle los tíos de Gabriel
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Posessive Adjectives

• singular
• mi / mis (my)
• tu / tus (your)
• su / sus (his,her)
• or (your f.)

• plural
• nuestro a, os, as (our)
• vuestro, a, os, as
• (your inf.)
• su / sus (their)
• or (your f.)