Spanish homework.
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| 1st person singular | mío/a | un amigo mío (a friend of mine) |
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| míos/as | unas amigas mías (some friends of mine) |
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| 2nd person singular | tuyo/a | un amigo tuyo (a friend of yours) |
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| tuyos/as | unas amigas tuyas (some friends of yours) |
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| 3rd person singular | suyo/a | una amiga suya (a friend of his/hers /yours/theirs) |
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| unos amigos suyos (some friends of hers/his/yours/theirs) |
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| 1st person plural | nuestro/a | un amigo nuestro (a friend of ours) |
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| nuestros/as | unos amigos nuestros (some friends of ours) |
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Notice that the 1st and 2nd person plural of the adjetivo posesivo written after the noun are the same as for the adjetivo posesivo written before the noun (nuestro and vuestro). Also note that the 3rd person singular and the 3rd person plural are expressed by the same word (suyo/a, suyos/as)
You may have noted from the above examples that the adjetivo posesivo written after the noun must always correspond in gender and number to the noun it is referring to (not the subject of the sentence.) We can use "mío" as an example to demonstrate this:
un libro mío
a book of mineuna mesa mía
a table of mine dos primas mías
two (female) cousins of minedos perros míos
two dogs of mine
This type of adjetivo posesivo is used for emphasis. Notice the difference, for example, between the following two sentences:
Esta es mi casa.
This is my house.Esta casa es mía.
This house is mine.
Another use for putting the adjetivo posesivo after the noun is it makes it possible to put another determinativo in front of the noun. For example if someone has two books a good way to express it would be with the adjetivo posesivo after the noun. You can say:
dos libros tuyos
two books of yours
When the adjetivo posesivo goes before the noun you cannot specify that there are two books:
tus libros
your books
For the most part the adjectivos posesivos are interchangeable and you can decide if you are more comfortable putting them in front of or after the noun.
Notice the different ways that you now know how to express possession:
el libro de María su libro el libro suyo
la mesa de mi madre su mesa la mesa suya
los perros de mí mis perros los perros míos
las tías de tu hermano sus tías las tías suyas
PREGUNTAS
Re-write the following sentence fragments with a noun followed by an adjectivo posesivo. You will need to use the adjetivo posesivo form that follows the noun which we went over in this lesson. Notice how it is done in the following example:
mi casa
la casa
la casa mía
1. su silla
la silla _______
2. el libro de Paula
el libro _______
3. tus amigos
los amigos _______
4 . los zapatos (shoes) de usted
los zapatos _______
5. el libro de mi amiga
el libro _______
6. n uestra alfombra (carpet)
la alfombra _______
7. el árbol (tree) de nosotros
el árbol ____
8. a prima de ellos
la prima ______
9. Mi madre
la madre__________
10. las plumas(pens) de nosotros
las plumas______
Answer the following in complete sentences in Spanish. Use a long form of the possessive adjective in your response.
Example: ¿Tienes tus zapatos? Sí, tengo los zapatos míos.
11. ¿Haces tu tarea?
12. ¿Llamas tu madre?
13. ¿Conduces tu carro?
14. ¿Caminas con tu perro?
15. ¿Canta tu canción favorita?
