Using PossessiveAdjectives
Viewing Guide
mt carro - my carmis cartos - my cars
tu padre - your fathertus padres - your parents
THE POSSESSIVE ADIECTIVES
Rememben In Spanish, possessive adjectives must agree with the noun that they modify!
Look out! The demonstrative adjective fa does not have an accent over the z! The pronoun fii does.This is a case in which an accent distinguishes between two words that are spelled the same way buthave different meanings.
r To say "lis," "he4" "your (formal and plural)," or "their," use sr, (singular) or szs (plural).
VOCABULARY
los calcetines - socks ofensivo(a) - offensiveel extraiio - strange el padre - fatherla hija - daughter los padres - parentsel hiio - son el pulpo - octopusel libro - book la roca - rockla motocicleta - motorcvcle
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susu
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o To say "my," use mi (singular) ot mis (plural).
mi peno - my dogmi roca - my rock
tu r To say "your" in a familiar way, use fz (singular) or fas (plural).
tu pulpo - your octopustuhija - your daughter
hugstro, .nuestros,nuestra &nuestras
Worried how anyone will know whether you're using sa to mean "his," "her," "your," or "their"?
Relax! In most cases, the context will indicate how sa is being used.
To say "ou4," use nuestro (masculine, singular) or nuestros (masculine, plural) with nouns that aremasculine, or nuestra (feminine singular) or nuestras (feminine, plural) with nouns that arefeminine. You must make sure that this possessive adjective agrees both in number and in genderwith the noun it modifies.
nuestra hija - ow daughternuestras hijas - our daughters
su perro - (his, her, yout or their) dogsu motocicleta - (his, heq, yout or their) motorcyde
su libro - (his, her or your) bookssus libros - (his, her or your) books
nuestro libro - owbooknuestros libros - our books
Viewing Questions1. How is the placement of possessive adiectives different from the placement of descriptive adjectives?2. lf agroup of friends own a boat, would you use su or susto dessibe it? Why?3. What is wrong with the sentence: nuestras peffos son extrafios?
Using PossessiveAdjectivesWorksheet
A. Say What?Translste the folluning phrases into Spanish.
1. his octopus
2. your (informal) book
3. her socks
4. our daughter
5. my parents
6. your (formal) motorcycle
7. ourrocks
8. their son
9. their daughters
10. our parents
11. my book
12. your (informal) rocks
13. his sodcs
14. our strange octopus
B. iTu o Tti?Where necessary, correct the folluoing sentences by placing an nccent where it belongs. lf no change is needed, write "No
Change" next to the sentence.
Tu perro es extraflo.
C. Find the Erors!Some of the follmting sentences haae mistakes. Circle the mistakes and rewrite the sentence correctly. lf there sre no mistakes,write "No Change" in the space proaiiled.
Tu eres extrafio.
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Nuestras calcetines son apestosos.
Sus sombrero es muy grande.
Mi pulpo y tti perro son apestosos.
2Dude, d6nde estd mi carro?