Visita de un instituo español: possessive adjectives and pronouns
I can use possessive adjectives and possessive pronouns in the context of life at school.
Visita de un instituo español: possessive adjectives and pronouns
I can use possessive adjectives and possessive pronouns in the context of life at school.
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Key learning points
- Possessive adjectives identify ownership of a noun e.g. my, mine.
- Possessive adjectives must agree with the nouns they describe in gender and number.
- The possessive adjectives 'mi', 'tu' and 'su' come before nouns. 'mío', 'tuyo' and 'suyo' come after nouns for emphasis.
- Possessive pronouns replace nouns and identify ownership e.g. mine, yours.
- The possessive pronouns 'el mío', 'el tuyo' and 'el suyo' have masculine, feminine, singular and plural forms.
Keywords
Possessive adjective - adjective that identifies ownership of a noun
Possessive pronoun - word that replaces a noun and identifies its ownership
Common misconception
The Spanish translation of 'I've broken my arm' is 'me he roto mi brazo'. You use the possessive adjective for body parts.
When referring to body parts, Spanish speakers replace possessive adjectives with definite articles e.g. 'me he roto el brazo'.
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