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POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES. Short Form and Long Form. General Information. Unlike English, Spanish has two forms of possessive adjectives: A short form; is used before nouns A long form; is used after nouns. Short Form. Short form = before noun
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POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES Short Form and Long Form
General Information Unlike English, Spanish has two forms of possessive adjectives: A short form; is used before nouns A long form; is used after nouns
Short Form Short form = before noun Possessive adjectives: show ownership or relationships between people Owner Yo mi libro mislibros Tutulibro tuslibros Usted El sulibro Ella suslibros nuestrolibro Nosotrosnuestrolibros Nosotrasnuestra casa nuestrascasas Ustedes Ellossulibro Ellassuslibros
Long Form Possessive adjectives Long form – After noun Owner Yomío / mía míos/ mías Tutuyo/ tuya tuyos/ tuyas Ustedsuyo El suya Ella suyos/suyas • Owner nuestro Nosotrosnuestra Nosotrasnuestros nuestras Ustedessuyo Ellossuya Ellassuyos/ suyas
Just a note As you may noticed, the short form and long forms of nuestro are identical. They differ only as to whether they are used before or after the noun.
Este pupitrees de Juan. Esepupitreessuyo. El perroes de ellos. Es el perrosuyo. Mi toallaestá en el baño. Nuestrohorario(short form) our schedule El horarionuestro (long form) our schedule El horarioesnuestro The schedule is ours Suscanciones ( short form) his/her/their/your (formal) songs Las cancionessuyas ( long form) his/her/their/your (formal) songs Las canciones son suyas ( long after a form of ser) The songs are his/hers/theirs/yours (formal) Long form Examples