Possessive Determiners and Pronouns

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Possessive determiners go before a noun and show who something belongs to: mi casa, tus amigos, su trabajo. Possessive pronouns replace the noun: Esta casa es la mía. Unlike English possessive pronouns, Spanish forms agree with the thing possessed, not with its owner.

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Before a noun: mi(s), tu(s), su(s), nuestro/a/os/as. Replacing a noun: el/la/los/las + mío/a/os/as, tuyo/a/os/as, suyo/a/os/as, nuestro/a/os/as.

Verwendung

• Use mi, tu, and su before singular nouns; add -s before plural nouns.
• Nuestro changes for both gender and number: nuestro libro, nuestra casa, nuestros libros, nuestras casas.
• A possessive pronoun normally includes a definite article and agrees with the omitted noun: mi mochila y la tuya.
• Su and suyo can mean his, her, your, or their; context usually makes the owner clear.

Beispiele

• Mi teléfono está en tu mochila. — My phone is in your backpack.
• Nuestra mesa está cerca de la ventana. — Our table is near the window.
• Estas llaves son las mías. — These keys are mine.
• Mi cuarto es pequeño, pero el suyo es grande. — My room is small, but theirs is large.

Typischer Fehler

❌ ¿Cuál es tu chaqueta? La tuyo.

✅ ¿Cuál es tu chaqueta? La tuya.

The possessive pronoun agrees with the item possessed. Because chaqueta is feminine singular, use la tuya.

Merke

Short forms come before a noun; pronoun forms replace it and normally take an article. Match the possessive form to the thing possessed.