Possessive Adjectives and Pronouns

Question 1

what must possessive adjectives and pronouns agree with?

Answer 1

their noun
e.g. my brother- mi hermano
my sisters - mis hermanas
our times - nuestros tiempos

Question 2

What causes possessive adjectives and pronouns to be singular / plural?

Answer 2

depending on the amount of objects they are describing
e.g. our dog = singular as there is 1 dog (nuestro)
our dogs = plural as there are multiple dogs (nuestros)
notice we do not change in this e.g. only objects do.

Question 3

which possessive adjectives and pronouns don’t change when in masc/fem form?

Answer 3

mi, mis, tu, tus, su, sus
- however, nuestro (our) and vuestro (your plural) have different forms depending if they are describing masc/feminine people

Question 4

what is the difference between possessive adjectives and possessive pronouns?

Answer 4

possessive adjectives - describe a noun -e.g. my sister

possessive pronouns are words which can function as a noun when used alone -e.g. i, you, he, she, it etc

Question 5

how does ‘mi’ change with its noun?

Answer 5

mi = my
masc singular = mi
fem singular = mi
masc plural = mis
fem plural = mis

Question 6

how does ‘tu’ change with its noun?

Answer 6

tu = your
masc singular = tu
fem singular = tu
masc plural = tus
fem plural = tus

Question 7

how does ‘su’ change with its noun?

Answer 7

su = his/ hers/ their 
masc singular = su
fem singular = su
masc plural = sus
fem plural = sus

Question 8

how does ‘nuestro’ change with its noun?

Answer 8

nuestro = our
masc singular = nuestro
fem singular = nuestra
masc plural = nuestros
fem plural = nuestras

Question 9

how does ‘vuestro’ change with its noun?

Answer 9

vuestro = your (plural)
masc singular = vuestro
fem singular = vuestra
masc plural = vuestros
fem plural = vuestras

Question 10

where do possessive pronouns appear?

Answer 10

they follow a noun, or are free standing (alone)

Question 11

what is needed with possessive pronouns?

Answer 11

the definite article, except when the pronoun is introduced by ser

Question 12

what are the possessive pronouns?

Answer 12

mi / tu / su / nuestro / vuestro etc

Question 13

e.g. of possessive pronouns in action…

Answer 13

e. g.1. juan says that his is not a genetic family - juan dice que la suya no es una familia generica.
e. g.2. juan says that jorge is not his son - juan dice que jorge no es hijo suyo.

Question 14

how does ‘mío’ change to match its noun?

Answer 14

mío = my
masc singular = mío
fem singular = mía
masc plural = míos
fem plural = mías

Question 15

how does ‘tuyo’ change to match its noun?

Answer 15

tuyo = yours
masc singular = tuyo
fem singular = tuya
masc plural = tuyos
fem plural = tuyas

Question 16

how does ‘suyo’ change to match its noun?

Answer 16

suyo = his / hers / theirs
masc singular = suyo
fem singular = suya
masc plural = suyos
fem plural = suyas

Question 17

how does ‘vuestro’ change to match its noun?

Answer 17

vuestro = yours (plural)
masc singular = vuestro
fem singular = vuestra
masc plural = vuestros
fem plural = vuestras

Question 18

how does ‘nuestro’ change to match its noun?

Answer 18

nuestro = ours
masc singular = nuestro
fem singular = nuestra
masc plural = nuestros
fem plural = nuestras

Question 19

how does the meaning of tu change depending if it has an accent or not?

Answer 19

tu (no accent) = your

tú (with accent) = you

Question 20

what is the difference between nosotros and nuestro?

Answer 20

nosotros = we
nuestro = our

Question 21

what is the difference between vuestro and vosotros?

Answer 21

vuestro = your (plural)
vosotros  = you (plural)

Question 22

why should we sometimes avoid using ‘su’?

Answer 22

su can mean many different things - his / her / its / you (informal) therefore in times of confusion we should instead use object + de + person.
e.g el telefono de pablo not just ‘su telefono’ as this could be anyones phone.