our
your
their, your
Possessive Adjective
Pronouns
Es el teléfono de Eva.
Es el teléfono del doctor.
Es el teléfono de los
doctores.
It is Eva’s telephone.
It is the doctor’s telephone.
It is the doctors’ telephone.
English
Spanish
It is the telephone of Eva.
It is the telephone of the doctor.
It is the telephone of the doctors.
Literal translation
(Singular)
(Plural)
Son los teléfonos de los
doctores.
Son los teléfonos de los
hombres.
Son los teléfonos de las
mujeres.
They are the doctors’
telephones.
They are the men’s
telephones.
They are the women’s
telephones.
They are the telephones of the
doctors.
They are the telephones of the
men.
They are the telephones of the
women.
The possessive pronoun
stays the same for both
masculine or feminine
(all plurals end in
-s
).
Singular
my telephone – mi teléfono (m)
my blouse – mi blusa (f)
Plural
my telephones - mis teléfonos (m)
my blouses - mis blusas (f)
F
POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES
(Short Form)
Literal translationEnglish Spanish
In English
the apostrophe is used
to show possession. In
Spanish the apostrophe
doesn’t exist.
(See pgs. 251-253 .)
mi (s)
tu (s)
su (s)
nuestro-a (s)
vuestro-a (s)
su (s)
my
your
his, her
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