Spanish: Possessive Pronouns
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Possessive Adjectives
When used adjectively, the list below should be used. Note that possessive adjectives, like adjectives, agree with the noun, but only in number exclusively.
- First person singular, singular, masculine & feminine: my - mi
- First person singular, plural, masculine & feminine: my - mis
- Second person singular, singular, masculine & feminine: your - tu
- Second person singular, plural, masculine & feminine: your - tus
- Third person singular, singular, masculine & feminine: his/her/your (formal) - su
- Third person singular, plural, masculine & feminine: his/her/your (formal) - sus
- First person plural, singular, masculine: our - nuestro
- First person plural, singular, feminine: our - nuestra
- First person plural, plural, masculine: our - nuestros
- First person plural, plural, feminine: our - nuestras
- First person plural, singular, masculine: your - vuestro
- First person plural, singular, feminine: your - vuestra
- First person plural, plural, masculine: your - vuestros
- First person plural, plural, feminine: your - vuestras
- Third person plural, singular, masculine & feminine: their/your (formal) - su
- Third person plural, plural, masculine & feminine: their/your (formal) - sus
All of these form appear in front of the noun, as in the following example:
- My house - Mi casa , My houses - Mis casas
- Your house - Tu casa , Your houses - Tus casas
- His/her house - Su casa, His/her houses - Sus casas
- Our house - Nuestra casa, Our houses - Nuestras casas
Possessive Pronouns
When used independently as a noun or as adjective after the noun, the following forms are used. They all agree in gender and number with the object they describe.
- First person singular, singular, masculine: my/mine - mío
- First person singular, singular, feminine: my/mine - mía
- First person singular, plural, masculine: my/mine - míos
- First person singular, plural, feminine: my/mine - mías
- Second person singular, singular, masculine: your(s) - tuyo
- Second person singular, singular, feminine: your(s) - tuya
- Second person singular, plural, masculine: your(s) - tuyos
- Second person singular, plural, feminine: your(s) - tuyas
- Third person singular, singular, masculine: his/her(s)/your(s) (formal) - suyo
- Third person singular, singular, feminine: his/her(s)/your(s) (formal) - suya
- Third person singular, plural, masculine: his/her(s)/your(s) (formal) - suyos
- Third person singular, plural, feminine: his/her(s)/your(s) (formal) - suyas
- First person plural, singular, masculine: our(s) - nuestro
- First person plural, singular, feminine: our(s) - nuestra
- First person plural, plural, masculine: our(s) - nuestros
- First person plural, plural, feminine: our(s) - nuestras
- First person plural, singular, masculine: your(s) - vuestro
- First person plural, singular, feminine: your(s) - vuestra
- First person plural, plural, masculine: your(s) - vuestros
- First person plural, plural, feminine: your(s) - vuestras
- Third person plural, singular, masculine: their(s)/your(s) (formal) - suyo
- Third person plural, singular, feminine: their(s)/your(s) (formal) - suya
- Third person plural, plural, masculine: their(s)/your(s) (formal) - suyos
- Third person plural, plural, feminine: their(s)/your(s) (formal) - suyas
This can be used indepentently as in the following example:
- Esta casa es mía - This house is mine
- Este perro es suyo - This dog is his/hers
It can also be used adjectively when placing the adjective after the noun:
- la casa mía - My house
- el perro suyo - His/her dog
