Notes #21 Standard 1.2: Students understand

and interpret written and spoken language on a variety of topics

Objective: Students will learn how to use possessive adjectives and compare them to English possessive adjectives.

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Possessive adjectives, like descriptive adjectives, are used to qualify people, places, or things. Possessive adjectives express the quality of ownership or possession.

Singular possessive adjectivesMi

Tu

Su

Nuestro/Nuestra

X

Su

My

your

His, her, itsYou formal

our

TheirYour (all plural)

Plural possessive adjectivesMis

Tus

Sus

Nuestros/

Nuestras

X

Sus

My

your

His, her, its

our

TheirYour ( all plural)

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Possessive adjectives are always placed before the nouns they modify.

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Because su and sus have multiple meanings (your, his, her, their, its), you can avoid confusion by using this construction instead: [article] + [noun] + de + [subject pronoun].

Possessive adjectives tell you who owns something or describe a relationship between people or things. In Spanish possessive adjectives agree in number with the nouns they describe. In English there is no number agreement with possessives.

Ex. Mi libro/Mis libros My book/My books Su carro/Sus carros his/-her car/their cars Nuestra clase/Nuestras clases Our class/Our classes

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Provide the appropriate form of each possessive adjective. The first item in each column has been done for you.

1. Es _____ (my) libro.

2. _____ (My) familia es ecuatoriana.

3. _____(Your, fam.) novio es italiano.

4. _____(Our) profesor es español.

5. Es _____ (her) reloj.

6. Es _____ (your, fam.) mochila.

7. Es _____ (your, form.) maleta.

8. _____(Their) casa es amarilla.

1. _____ (Her) primos son franceses.

2. _____(Our) cuadernos son verdes.

3. Son _____ (their) lápices.

4. _____(Their) nietos son japoneses.

5. Son _____ (our) plumas.

6. Son _____ (my) papeles.

7. _____(My) amigas son inglesas.

8. Son _____ (his) cuadernos.

mi Sus