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Possessive Adjectives

Adjectives DESCRIBE

nouns, correct?Well, they can also show

possession.

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Possessive Adjectives

in English y our

!our your "plural#

his, her, its their

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English Examples of

Posessive Adjectivesy do$

your house%er uncle

our Spanish class&heir 'riend

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Here are the possessive

adjectives in Spanish!

Possessive adjectives show ownership orrelationships between people.

They are placed before the noun.

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Spanish Possessive Adjectivessin$ular

i

is "y#

tu

tus "your#

su

sus "his,her, its, your#

plural

(uestro"s#

(uestra "s# "our#

)uestro "s#

)uestra "s# "your#

su

sus "their, your#

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In English,the possessive adjectives

his, her,and their tell whether

something belongs to a male, a

female, or more than one person.

In Spanish,the possessive adjectivesuhas many possible meanings (his,her, its, your, their). Context usuallymaes the meaning clear.

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Possessive Adjectives!ome examples"

i hermano ishermanos

tuabuela tusabuelas

suhijo sushijos

nuestrot#o nuestros t#os nuestrat#a nuestrast#as

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Agreement with

Possessive Adjectives&he possessive adjective ust *e

sin$ular i' the noun is sin$ular and

plural i' the noun is plural.

While possessive adjectives refer to the

owner, their form agrees in gender and

number with the noun that comes after them.

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A Blurry Example

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!ore Examples of

Posessive Adjectives$i prima es alta.

Todas mis primas son

altas.

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Possessive Adjectives

Examples in "uestion #orm

%!on rubios los

hermanos de &afael'(o) sus hermanos son

pelirrojos.

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$howing Possession

*n !panish there are (+

apostrophes.,ou cannot say) for example)

-orges dog)/using an apostrophe0

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$howing

Possession,ou must say)

1The dog of -orge)2

El perro de -orge.

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%eview of

&e ' nounThis concept of sho3ing

possession is using1de 4 noun.2

For example"

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&e ' (oun

Tengo el cuaderno deFelipe.

5a hermana de$ar#a es amable.

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$uand sus can ta*e the

place of a phrase with

de ' pers n.

%6e d7nde es la madre de

+uan?Sumadre es de Puebla.

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