Key points about possessive pronouns in Spanish
Pronoun indicating possession, for example mine, yours, hers, theirs. are used in place of a noun and a Shows who something or someone belongs to. The possessive adjective comes before the noun and must agree with the noun that follows..
Possessive pronoun must agree in gender and number with the noun in the phrase they replace.
Possessive pronouns in Spanish
Possessive pronouns are used in place of a noun and a possessive adjective and in English are words such as mine, yours and ours.
Each possessive pronoun must agree in gender (masculine or feminine) and number (singular or plural) with the noun in the phrase they replace.
These pronouns are the same as the long forms of possessive adjectives, but are almost always used with the Goes before a noun and means the. In Spanish the definite article changes according to whether the noun is masculine, feminine, singular or plural..
| Possessive pronoun | Masculine singular | Feminine singular | Masculine plural | Feminine plural |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| mine | Check your connection, refresh the page and try again. | Check your connection, refresh the page and try again. | Check your connection, refresh the page and try again. | Check your connection, refresh the page and try again. |
| yours (informal singular) | Check your connection, refresh the page and try again. | Check your connection, refresh the page and try again. | Check your connection, refresh the page and try again. | Check your connection, refresh the page and try again. |
| his/hers/its/yours (formal singular) | Check your connection, refresh the page and try again. | Check your connection, refresh the page and try again. | Check your connection, refresh the page and try again. | Check your connection, refresh the page and try again. |
| ours | Check your connection, refresh the page and try again. | Check your connection, refresh the page and try again. | Check your connection, refresh the page and try again. | Check your connection, refresh the page and try again. |
| yours (informal plural) | Check your connection, refresh the page and try again. | Check your connection, refresh the page and try again. | Check your connection, refresh the page and try again. | Check your connection, refresh the page and try again. |
| theirs/yours (formal plural) | Check your connection, refresh the page and try again. | Check your connection, refresh the page and try again. | Check your connection, refresh the page and try again. | Check your connection, refresh the page and try again. |
For example:
驴Es tu casa? No, la m铆a es m谩s peque帽a. - Is it your house? No, mine is smaller.
驴Es vuestro hotel? No, el nuestro est谩 all铆. - Is it your (informal plural) hotel? No, ours is there.
驴Es su colegio? No, el suyo est谩 en otro barrio. - Is it his school? No, his is in another area.
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