Using Possessive
Adjectives
Viewing Guide
VOCABULARY
los calcetines - socks
el extraiio - strange
la hija - daughter
el hiio - son
el libro - book
la motocicleta - motorcvcle
ofensivo(a)- offensive
el padre - father
los padres- parents
el pulpo - octopus
la roca - rock
THE POSSESSIVE
ADIECTIVES
Rememben In Spanish, possessiveadjectives must agree with the noun that they modify!
mi &
m ts
o To say "my," use mi (singular) ot mis (plural).
mi peno - my dog
mt carro- my car
mi roca- my rock
mis cartos- my cars
tu &
tus
r To say "your" in a familiar way, use fz (singular) or fas (plural).
I
tu pulpo- your octopus
tuhija - your daughter
tu padre- your father
tus padres- your parents
Look out! The demonstrative adjective fa does not have an accent over the z! The pronoun fii does.
This is a casein which an accent distinguishes between two words that are spelled the same way but
have different meanings.
su &
sus
r To say "lis," "he4" "your (formal and plural)," or "their," use sr, (singular) or szs (plural).
su perro - (his, her, yout or their) dog
su motocicleta- (his, heq,yout or their) motorcyde
su libro - (his, her or your) books
suslibros - (his, her or your) books
Worried how anyone will know whether you're using sa to mean "his," "her," "your," or "their"?
Relax! In most cases,the context will indicate how sa is being used.
hugstro, .
nuestros,
nuestra&
nuestras
To say "ou4," use nuestro (masculine, singular) or nuestros (masculine, plural) with nouns that are
masculine, or nuestra (feminine singular) or nuestras (feminine, plural) with nouns that are
feminine. You must make sure that this possessiveadjective agrees both in number and in gender
with the noun it modifies.
nuestrahija - ow daughter
nuestrashijas - our daughters
nuestrolibro - owbook
nuestroslibros - our books
Viewing Questions
1. How is the placementof possessiveadiectivesdifferent from the placementof descriptive adjectives?
2. lf agroup of friends own a boat, would you use su or susto dessibe it? Why?
3. What is wrong with the sentence:nuestraspeffossonextrafios?
Using Possessive
Adjectives
Worksheet
A. Say What?
Translste
thefolluningphrases
intoSpanish.
1. his octopus
2. your (informal)book
3. her socks
4. our daughter
5. my parents
6. your (formal)motorcycle
7. ourrocks
8. their son
9. their daughters
10. our parents
11. my book
12. your (informal)rocks
13. his sodcs
14. our strangeoctopus
B. iTu o Tti?
Where necessary,correct thefolluoing sentencesby placing an nccentwhere it belongs.lf no changeis needed,write "No
Change"nextto thesentence.
Tu perro esextraflo.
Tu eresextrafio.
C. Find the Erors!
Someof thefollmting sentenceshaaemistakes.Circle the mistakesand rewrite the sentencecorrectly. lf theresre no mistakes,
write "No Change" in the spaceproaiiled.
1 . Nuestras calcetines son apestosos.
2. Sus sombrero es muy grande.
c.
Mi pulpo y tti perro son apestosos.
4. 2Dude, d6nde estd mi carro?