LANG 9050-Spanish IA-Chapter 3-Forms of Possessive Adjectives

Question 1

my - singluar

Answer 1

mi

Question 2

my - plural

Answer 2

mis

Question 3

your - singluar

Answer 3

tu

Question 4

your - plural

Answer 4

tus

Question 5

his, her, its, your (formal) - singluar

Answer 5

su

Question 6

his, her, its, your (formal) - plural

Answer 6

sus

Question 7

our - singluar

Answer 7

nuestro

nuestra

Question 8

our - plural

Answer 8

nuestros

nuestras

Question 9

your - singluar (more than one)

Answer 9

vuestro

vuestra

Question 10

your - plural (more than one)

Answer 10

vuestros

vuestras

Question 11

their / your - singluar

Answer 11

su

Question 12

their / your - plural

Answer 12

sus

Question 13

INFO ONLY:

Possessive Adjectives, like descriptive adjectives, are words that are used to qualify people, place, or things. Possessive adjectives express the quality of ownership or possession.

Answer 13

Possessive Adjectives agree in gender and number with the nouns the modify.

Examples:

my cousin -> mi primo
my cousins -> mis primos
my aunt -> mi tía
my aunts -> mis tías

Question 14

The forms nuestro and vuestro agree in both gender and number with the nouns they modify.

Examples:

nuestro primo
nuestros primos
nuestra tía
nuestras tías

Answer 14

The forms nuestro and vuestro agree in both gender and number with the nouns they modify.

Examples:

nuestro primo
nuestros primos
nuestra tía
nuestras tías

Question 15

RULE:
Possessive adjectives are always placed before the nouns they modify.

Examples:

¿Está tu novio acqui? -> Is your boyfriend here?
No, mi novioi está en la biblioteca? -> No,, my boyfirend is in the library.

Answer 15

RULE:
Possessive adjectives are always placed before the nouns they modify.

Examples:

¿Está tu novio acqui? -> Is your boyfriend here?
No, mi novioi está en la biblioteca? -> No, my boyfirend is in the library.

Question 16

Because “su” and “sus” have multiple meanings (your, his, her, its), you can avoid confusion by using instead:
[article] + [noun] + de + [subject pronoun].

Articles include: “the” = definite article:
el, los (male singular and plural)
la, las (female singular and plural)

Example:

sus parientes -> los parientes de él/ella - his/her relatives.
sus parientes -> los parientes de Ud./Uds/ - your relatives.
sus parientes -> los parientes de ellos/ellas - their relatives.

Answer 16

Because “su” and “sus” have multiple meanings (your, his, her, its), you can avoid confusion by using instead:
[article] + [noun] + de + [subject pronoun].

Articles include: “the” = definite article:
el, los (male singular and plural)
la, las (female singular and plural)

Example:

sus parientes -> los parientes de él/ella - his/her relatives.
sus parientes -> los parientes de Ud./Uds/ - your relatives.
sus parientes -> los parientes de ellos/ellas - their relatives.