In Spanish, it is very similar, we'd say: "Este es mi coche" and "Aquellos son tus perros". So, we have 'my' = 'mi' and 'your' = 'tus'. The table bellow shows all the Spanish Possessive adjectives, according to number and genre:
| Adjetivos posesivos (Possessive adjectives)
| The best to understand how to use them is working with some examples: mi - Mi perro es grande. (My dog is big) (Listen to this sentence) mis - Mis perros son grandes. (My dogs are big) (Listen to this sentence) tu - Tu coche es rojo. (Your car is red) (Listen to this sentence) tus - Tus coches son rojos. (Your cars are red) (Listen to this sentence) |
su - Su madre está aquí. (His / Her / Your (formal) mother is here) (Listen to this sentence) sus - Sus madres están aquí.(His / Her / Your mothers are here) (Listen to this sentence) nuestro - Nuestro libro es interesante. (Our book is interesting) (Listen to this sentence) nuestros - Nuestros libros son interesantes. (Our books are interesting) (Listen to this sentence) nuestra - Nuestra madre vive en Madrid. (Our mother lives in Madrid) (Listen to this sentence) nuestras - Nuestras madres viven en Madrid. (Our mothers live in Madrid) (Listen to this sentence) vuestro - Vuestro perro está allí. (Your dog is there) (Listen to this sentence) vuestros - Vuestros perros están allí. (Your dogs are there) (Listen to this sentence) vuestra - Vuestra silla está allí. (Your chair is there) (Listen to this sentence) vuestras - Vuestras sillas están allí. (Your chairs are there) (Listen to this sentence) su - Su padre necesita ayuda. (Their / Your (formal) father needs help) (Listen to this sentence) sus - Sus padres necesitan ayuda. (Their / Your fathers need help) >(Listen to this sentence) |
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Recommended material:
You can find below some materials / web pages that, from my point of view, can be useful and interesting:
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