Possessive adjectives and possessive pronouns

Possessive adjectives and are used to show that something or someone

belongs to a person.
possessive pronouns Los adjetivos posesivos y los pronombres posesivos se utilizan para mostrar que algo o
alguien pertenece a una persona.

A possessive adjective is used in front of a We use possessive pronouns when it is clear which
noun (a thing). object we are referring to. With possessive
Un adjetivo posesivo se usa delante de un sustantivo (una pronouns we don’t use a noun.
cosa).
Usamos pronombres posesivos cuando está claro a qué objeto nos
Possessive Adjetivo referimos. Con los pronombres posesivos no usamos un sustantivo.
adjective posesivo
My Mi Possessive Pronombre
Your Tu / su pronoun posesivo
His Su (masculino) Mine Mio
Her Su (femenino) Yours Tuyo/suyo
Its Su (neutral) His Suyo(masculino)
Our Nuestro Hers Suyo (femenino)
Their Su (plural) Its Suyo (neutral)
Ours Nuestro
Theirs Suyo (plural)
Examples:

• Their car is blue.

Examples:

• The blue car is theirs.

• His sisters are funny.

• This dog is hers.

• She loves her dog.

• The purple book is mine;

the orange book is yours.
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