Pronombres y adjetivos posesivos/ Possessive pronouns and adjectivesPossessives identify the person to whom something belongs to. They denote ownership or possession. When an unstressed possessive adjective (mi/my, tu/your, nuestro/our, su/ his, her) functions as a noun, it is called a possessive pronoun (mío/mine, tuyo/yours, nuestro/ours, suyo/his, hers). Remember that possessive pronouns and stressed possessive adjectives have the same form. ADJETIVOS POSESIVOS/ Possessive adjectiveIn Spanish, there are 2 types of possessive adjectives: the unstressed and the stressed. Unstressed possessive adjectives are placed before the nouns they modify. Singular mi, tu, su, nuestro, nuestra, vuestro, vuestra Plural mis, tus, sus, nuestros, nuestras, vuestros, vuestras Mi, tu, su agree in number with the item possessed and not with the owner. They do NOT change with gender.Mi casa es blanca. / My house is white. Mis casas son blancas./ My houses are white. Tu amigo es Juan./ Your friend is Juan. Tus amigos son Juan y Ana./ Your friends are Juan and Ana. Su madre es la jefa./ His mother is the boss. Sus padres son los jefes./ His parents are the bosses.

Nuestro and vuestro agree with the items possessed in both number and gender. Nuestro jefe (Juan) es trabajador./ Our boss (Juan) is hard-working. Nuestros jefes (Juan y Ana) son trabajadores./ Our bosses (Juan and Ana) are hard-working. Nuestra jefa (Ana) es trabajadora./ Our boss (Ana) is hard-working. Nuestras jefas (Silvia y Ana) son trabajadoras./ Our bosses (Silvia and Ana) are hard-working.

Su and sus mean several different things; therefore, the following constructions are used for clarification: su auto el auto de él his carel auto de ella her carel auto de Ud. your carel auto de ellos their carel auto de ellas their carel auto de Uds. your car Sus autos los autos de él his carslos autos de ella her carslos autos de Ud. your carslos autos de ellos their carslos autos de ellas their carslos autos de Uds. your cars

Stressed possessive adjectives The stressed possessive adjectives follow the noun and agree in number and gender with the noun they modify or replace. Pos. Adj. Singular Plural Masc. Fem. Masc. Fem. my mío mía míos mías your tuyo tuya tuyos tuyas his, her, your suyo suya suyos suyas our nuestro nuestra nuestros nuestras their, your suyo suya suyos suyas Un colega mío habla./ A colleague of mine talks. La hija mía ganó./ My own daughter won. NOTE: In the examples above, articles are used. This form adds emphasis to ownership. In English, emphasis is expressed with intonation.

PRONOMBRES POSESIVOS/ Possessive Pronouns Pronouns agree in gender and number with the nouns they replace. Furthermore, possessive pronouns are generally used with the corresponding definite article.

Pos. Adj. Singular Plural Masc. Fem. Masc. Fem. mine mío mía míos mías yours tuyo tuya tuyos tuyas his, hers, yours suyo suya suyos suyas ours nuestro nuestra nuestros nuestras theirs, yours suyo suya suyos suyas Su proyecto costó poco dinero; el nuestro costó muchísimo./ Your project costs little money; ours costs much more.

FORMAS NEUTRAS/ Neuter forms Neuter forms express an idea or concept, lo mío, lo tuyo, lo suyo, lo nuestro, lo suyo. Lo suyo no tiene cura./ Yours does not have a cure.