Pronombres Posesivos

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Pronombres Posesivos

• By Michelle Pitchford and Jacqueline Gliozzi

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What are Possessive Pronouns?

• Possessive pronouns are used to show ownership.
  They indicate who the owner of a certain thing
  is. They describe the number and gender of the
  noun. When they accompany and describe a noun
  they are also known as Possessive Adjectives.

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How to use a Possessive Pronoun

• Possessive pronouns are used instead of nouns,
  and can also be used alone, without the noun they
  are referring to. When they replace a noun and
  are used alone, they are accompanied by definite
  articles (except if they come after verb To Be)
  or by the neutral article and have masculine,
  feminine, singular and plural forms.

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Plural PPs Masculine

• Plural English
• Yo El Mio/LosMios Mine
  
• Tu El Tuyo/LosTuyos Yours
• El/Ud ElSuyo/ LosSuyos His/Yours (Formal)
• Nos ElNuestro Ours
• Los nuestros
• El/Uds El Suyo/LosSuyos Theirs

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Plural PPs Feminine

• Plural
  English
• Yo La Mia/LasMias Mine
• Tu La Tuya/lasTuyas
  Yours
• El/Ud La Suya/lasSuyas His/Yours
  Formal
• Nos La/Las Nuestra/as
  Ours
• El/Uds La/Las Suya/Suyas Theirs

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Examples of PPs

• El coche es mío. The car is mine.
• El coche es tuyo. The car is yours.
• El coche es suyo. The car is his / hers/ theirs /
  yours (formal).
• El coche es nuestro. The car is ours.
• OJO!!The possessive pronouns are used without
  the article, because they come after the verb to
  be.

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Examples

• Mi casa es verde./ La mia es verde.
• My house is green./ Mine is green.
• La tuya es roja. Yours is red.
• La suya es amarilla. His/her/your (formal) house
  is yellow.
• La mía es roja. Mine is red.
• La Nuestra es blanca. Our house is white.

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Facts!

• Possessive Pronouns agree in gender and number
  with the possessed thing, not with the owner.  
• In Spanish it is not necessary to use possessive
  pronouns before body parts.
• Ex Me rompi el brazo. (I broke my arm). You can
  see that there is no possessive pronoun along
  with the bodys part.

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GRACiAS!