Unidad 2 Etapa 1

Possessive Adjectives and

PronounsAs you know, possessive adjectives show personal relationships or possession and they agree in gender and number with the nouns they describe.

mi(s) --> my

tu(s) --> your

su(s) --> his/hers

nuestro(a/os/as) --> our

Possessive adjectives also have a long form which they are more expressive.

Possessives Long Form – Singularmío(a) tuyo(a) suyo(a) nuestro(a)suyo(a)

Possessives Long Form – Pluralmíos(as)tuyos(as) suyos(as) nuestros(as)suyos(as)

Unlike the regular(or short) form, the long form follows the noun.un amigo mío

a friend of mine

Comemos con unos amigos nuestros.

We are eating with some friends of ours.

Possessive Adjectives and

PronounsPossessive also show personal relationships.When forming a possessive pronoun:

Use the long form of the possessive adjective.

Add EL, LA, LOS, LAS according to the gender

and number of the noun it replaces.

Sus viajes son a diferentes lugares.

His trips are to different places.

Y los tuyos, ¿adónde son?And yours, where are they to?

Reflexive Pronouns and

verbsYou’ve already learned that you can use direct object pronouns(me, te, lo, la, nos, os, los, las)

La escondo.

Reflexive verbs take a special pronoun called a reflexive pronoun.While the usual direct object is different from the subject, a reflexive pronoun is the same person, place, or thing as the subject.

me escondo ste escondesse esconde nos escondemose esconden

Imperfect You already know that you use the preterite when you want to speak about completed actions in the past. The imperfect can be use to talk about something you use to do as a matter of a habit or to speak about background events in a story.

Imperfect -AR verbs CANTARcant abacant abascant abacant ábamoscant aban

Imperfect-ERtenerten íaten íasten íaten íamosten ían

-IRsalirsal íasal íassal íasal íamossal ían

ImperfectEjemplos Juan trabajaba en el banco.

Juan used to work in the bank.

Mi abuelo siempre decía chistes.

My grandfather used to tell jokes.

Irregular Imperfect

There are three verbs that don’t follow the regular pattern. Ser, Ir and Ver

Irregular Imperfect

Se rera eraseraéramoseran

IRiba ibasibaíbamosiban

VERveíaveíasveíaveíamos veían