1. Spanish has two types of possessive adjectives: the unstressed (short) forms you learned in Lesson 3 and the stressed (long) forms. The stressed possessive adjectives are used for emphasis or to express (of) mine, (of) yours, (of) his, and so on.
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3. Stressed possessive adjectives must agree in gender and number with the nouns they modify.
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4. Stressed possessive adjectives are placed after the nouns they modify
Stressed possessive adjectives are placed after the nouns they modify. Unstressed possessive adjectives are placed before the noun.
Son mis llaves.
Son las llaves mías.
They are my keys.
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5. A definite article, an indefinite article, or a demonstrative adjective usually precedes a noun modified by a stressed possessive adjective.
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6. Since suyo, suya, suyos, and suyas have more than one meaning, you can avoid confusion by using the construction: [article] + [noun] + de + [subject pronoun or noun].
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7. ¿Es suya esta cámara? No, no es mía.
El and la are usually omitted when a stressed possessive adjective follows the verb ser.
¿Es suya esta cámara? No, no es mía.
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8. Possessive pronouns
Possessive pronouns are used to replace [noun] + [possessive adjective]. In Spanish, possessive pronouns have the same forms as stressed possessive adjectives, and they are preceded by a definite article.
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9. Possessive pronouns (cont’d)
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10. Possessive pronouns (cont’d)
Possessive pronouns agree in number and gender with the nouns they replace.
—Aquí está mi coche. ¿Dónde está el tuyo?
—El mío está en el taller de mi hermano Armando.
Here’s my car. Where is yours?
Mine is at my brother Armando’s garage.
—¿Tienes los archivos de Carlos?
—No, pero tengo los nuestros.
Do you have Carlos’s files?
No, but I have ours.
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