Possessive Adjectives

El Posesivo DE
You can show possession in Spanish using de. This is the equivalent of ‘s (apostrophe s) in English.
Los cuadernos de Eva==> Eva’s notebooks
La mochila de Pablo===> Paul’s packpack
Práctica I
Modelo:
Los lápices de Carlos y Felipe .
Carlos and Felipe’s pencils.
Ian’s pencil ____________________________________________________________________________
Danny’s binder_________________________________________________________________________
Maria’s pen ___________________________________________________________________________
Carlos’ notebook_______________________________________________________________________
Desire’s book__________________________________________________________________________
Candice’s eraser________________________________________________________________________
Chatham’s ruler________________________________________________________________________
Andrew’s color pencils___________________________________________________________________
Caitlyn’s teachers______________________________________________________________________
Michael’s paper________________________________________________________________________
Mauro’s glue___________________________________________________________________________
Patricio’s bag pack _____________________________________________________________________
Adjetivos Posesivos
Possessive adjectives are used to show ownership. The singular forms are:
Mi/s= my
Tu/s = your
Sus = his-hers-your
Remember: Mi, tu and su do not have masculine and feminine forms. They stay the same, regardless of
the gender of the nouns they modify.
mi amigo/mi amiga
tus hermanos/ tus hermanas
su libro/ sus plumas
The plural possessive adjectives are:
Nuestro/a/os/as = our
Vuestro/a/os/as = your-in Spain
Su/s = your and their
These adjectives agree in number and gender in the case of nosotros and vosotros with the
nouns they modify.
Nuestros amigos miran la televisión.
Silvia es nuestra hermana y nuestras primas son Eva y Julia.
* Su, like tu, can mean "your." The difference between your (tu) and your (su) lies in the degree of
formality the speaker wishes to convey.
** Su has four meanings: his, her, their and your (formal)
Práctica II
Use the demonstrative adjetives, this, that, these, those and the possessive pronouns in the following
sentences.
Este es (my)_______________________cuaderno.
Esa es (your) ______________________carpeta.
Esas son (her)_____________________hojas.
Este es (their) _____________________borrador.
Esa es (our)_______________________maestra.
Estos son (his)_____________________lápices de colores.
This is my pencil.
___________________________________________________________
That is your book. ___________________________________________________________
These are his pens. ___________________________________________________________
Those are her books.
____________________________________________________
This is our classroom.
____________________________________________________
Esta es su silla.
____________________________________________________
Este es mi escritotio.
____________________________________________________
Estas son sus amigas.
____________________________________________________
Práctica III
If the meaning of su is not clear from the context of the sentence, a prepositional phrase is
used in place of su.
María busca a la hermana de él.
María looks for his sister.
El hombre busca las llaves de ella.
The man is looking for her key.
Fabricio looks for his friend.
____________________________________________________________________________.
Maé picks up her books
____________________________________________________________________________.
Daniela folds their clothes.
_____________________________________________________________________________.
Paulita irons his clothes.
_____________________________________________________________________________.
Janina washes her car.
_____________________________________________________________________________.
Caterine does their homework.
_____________________________________________________________________________.
Rodrigo prepares her lunch.
_____________________________________________________________________________.
Gloria irons his suits.
_____________________________________________________________________________.