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There are three ways to demonstrate possession in Spanish:
- Using the Spanish preposition de.
In Spanish, de (of) is used to indicate possession (Spanish doesn't use 's at all).
Examples:
Es el auto del Julio.
It is Julio's car.
Son las plumas del profesor.
They are the professor's pens.
¿De quién es el reloj?
Whose watch is it?
- Using a possessive adjective before the noun.
Possessive adjectives are also used to indicate possession in Spanish, and they must agree in number (singular or plural) with the item being possessed.
Note: Only nuestro and vuestro have feminine forms, and they must agree in gender.
Here is a list of the Spanish possessive adjectives that are used before the noun:
mi | mis my
tu | tus your
su | sus your, its, his, hers
nuestro (-a, -os, -as) your
vuestro (-a, -os, -as) your, their
su | sus your, their
Examples:
Mi auto es viejo.
My car is old.
Nuestra casa está en la ciudad.
Our house is in the city.
Mis libros son nuevos.
My books are new.
Ana, es su vestido.
Ana, it's your dress.
- Using a possessive adjective after the noun.
In Spanish, some possessive adjectives are used after the noun, and they must agree in number (singular or plural) and gender with the item possessed.
Here is a list of the Spanish possessive adjectives that are used after the noun:
mío (-a, -os, -as) mine, of mine
tuyo (-a, -os, -as) yours, of yours
suyo (-a, -os, -as) yours, of yours, his, of his
hers, of hers
nuestro (-a, -os, -as) ours, of ours
vuestro (-a, -os, -as) yours, of yours
suyo (-a, -os, -as) yours, of yours, theirs, of theirs
Examples:
Un amigo mío vive in México.
A friend of mine lives in Mexico. (a male friend)
Una amiga mía está aquí.
A friend of mine is here. (a female friend)
Los gatos son nuestros.
The cats are ours.
Conocí a unas amigas suya.
I met some friends of yours. (his, hers, theirs)
Tiene el mío.
He has mine.
Vendieron los nuestros.
They sold ours.
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