Possessives in Spanish

In Spanish there are several ways to indicate possession of something, for example, through possessive determiners like "my", "you" or "his hers" in the following examples: This is my new car, I love the way you are or His hair color is too flashy. Of all the linguistic elements that denote possession, the most well-known and common are, without a doubt, the possessive pronouns.

A possessive pronoun It is that kind of word that is used to indicate the possession or belonging of a certain object: This coat is mine means it belongs to me. Both determiners and possessive pronouns agree in gender and number with the word to which they refer: This book is mine versus This notebook is mine O well Medog versus My dogs. Next, in a PROFESSOR we will explain what the possessive in Spanish, listing them and accompanying them with various examples.

Index

1. The unstressed possessive determiners
2. Tonic possessive determiners
3. The possesive pronouns

Within the possessive determiners, we find two types: unstressed possessive determiners and tonic possessive determiners. The first of them is characterized because always stands before the noun to which it refers.

They also agree, as we have said before, in gender and number with the object or person they designate, however only the first and second person of the plural has the feminine form. Here we give you some examples of possessives in Spanish:

• I have your jacket in my car.
• I have your gift in my car.

• Our brother needs a new cell phone.
• Our sister needs a new cell phone.

Thus, the list of unstressed possessive determiners is constituted as follows:

• 1st person singular: My, my.
• 2nd person singular: Tu, tus.
• 3rd person singular: hers, hers.
• 1st person plural: Nuestro / a, Nuestro / as.
• 2nd person plural: Vuestro / a, vuestros / as.
• 3rd person plural: Su, hers.

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Tonic possessive determiners are characterized because, unlike unstressed, these they always go after the nouns to which they refer, agreeing with it. Next we are going to give you a example of possessives from this category:

• Alejandro is a friend of mine.
• Antonio Muñoz Molina is my favorite writer. I have read several of his books and I love them all.
• This house is ours.

Thus, the list of tonic possessive determiners it is grouped as follows:

• 1st person singular: Mío / a, míos / as.
• 2nd person singular: Tuyo / a, tuyos / as.
• 3rd person singular: Suyo / a, suyos / as.
• 1st person plural: Nuestro / a, Nuestro / as.
• 2nd person plural: Vuestro / a, vuestros / as.
• 3rd person plural: Suyo / a, suyos / as.

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Along with the possessive determiners we find the possessive pronouns. A pronoun is an element that replaces a noun or noun phrase with which it agrees in gender and number. Possessive pronouns also indicate the membership of said noun or phrase. Here you have some examples of possessives when they are pronouns:

• This video game is mine, it is not yours.
• I don't know where I have put my jacket. Can I borrow yours?

In the previous examples we observe how, in the first case, "yours" replaces the aforementioned video game and, in the second case, "yours" refers to the jacket. Some more examples would be:

• Today we play a very important game. Ours have to win yes or yes.
• My cat is very affectionate. Yours is not so.
• The guys in my class are very nice. Yours, on the other hand, are problematic.
• My father wants me to study another career because he says that mine has no job opportunities.

Therefore, the list of possessive pronouns in Spanish is the next:

• 1st person singular: Mine / mine, mine / mine.
• 2nd person singular: yours / yours, yours / yours.
• 3rd person singular: yours / hers, yours / yours.
• 1st person plural: Ours / ours, ours / ours.
• 2nd person plural: yours / yours, yours / yours.
• 3rd person plural: yours / yours, yours / yours.

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