This document discusses possessive adjectives in Spanish. It reviews how to express possession using "tener" and "de" and introduces possessive adjectives as adjectives that indicate who owns something. It lists the Spanish possessive adjectives and their English equivalents, and provides examples of how to use the possessive adjectives in sentences.

1. Possessive Adjectives
Spanish 1 & 2

2. Review
• POSSESSION USING TENER

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• I have a blue sweater.
• Tengo un sueter azul.
• They have a yellow jacket.
• Ellos tienen una chaqueta amarilla.

4. Review
• POSSESSION USING “De”

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• It is Antonio’s grandmother.
• Es la abuela de Antonio.
• They are Lucía’s socks.
• Son los calcetines de Lucía.

6. Possessive Adjectives
• Tell you the relationship and/or
describe who owns something.
• Since they are adjectives, they
must agree in gender and number
with the noun they describe.
• Placed IN FRONT OF the noun.

7. Possessive Adjectives
• They are the equivalent to the
english:
My
Your
His / Her / Its
Ours
Your
Their / Your

8. Possessive Adjectives
• REMEMBER.... {adjectives}
• Possessive Adjectives in Spanish
Mi
Tu
Su
Nuestro (a)
Vuestro (a)
Su

9. BUT MR.
BERGMEIER!!!
THERE IS A SINGULAR
& PLURAL“SU”...
How do you know the
difference?

10. Possessive Adjectives
• They are the equivalent to the
english:
• REMEMBER.... {adjectives}
Mi
Tu
Su
Nuestro (a)
Vuestro (a)
Su

11. Possessive Adjectives
• They are the equivalent to the
english:
• REMEMBER.... {adjectives}
Mis
Tus
Sus
Nuestros (as)
Vuestros (as)
Sus

12. Possessive Adjectives
• It is my dog.
• Es mi perro
• It is our house.
• Es nuestra casa

13. Possessive Adjectives
• They are your (f/s) books
• Son tus libros
• Maribel is our mother
• Maribel es nuestra madre