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20. Spanish Possessive Adjectives
Terminal Forms |
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| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| my | mi | mis | mío (a) | míos (as) | ||
| your | tu | tus | tuyo (a) | tuyos (as) | ||
| your/his/her/its | su | sus | suyo (a) | suyos (as) | ||
| our | nuestro (a) | nuestros (as) | nuestro (a) | nuestros (as) | ||
| your | vuestro (a) | vuestros (as) | vuestro (a) | vuestros (as) | ||
| your/their | su | sus | suyo (a) | suyos (as) | ||
Because su and sus can have so many meanings, the definite article may be used with the definite article may be used instead of su with the following forms: de Ud., de él, de ella, de Uds., de ellos and de ellas.
los libros de ellos their books
The terminal forms are placed after the noun, and must be preceded by the definite article, except in direct address. When used with the indefinite article, it corresponds to the English "of mine, of yours," etc.
el libro mío my book
Qué haces, hijo mío? What are you doing, my son?
un amigo mío a friend of mine
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