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Possessive Adjectives
Quick explanation : The possessive adjectives in English are: my, your, his, her, our, their. They show possession. The Spanish possessive adjectives are: Long Explanation : A possessive adjective accompanies a noun. mi embarque - my shipment tu beneficio - your benefit nuestro arreglo - our arrangement su sinceridad - his, her, their or your sincerity su padre - his, her, their or your father sus padres - his, her, their or your parents sus fondos - his, her, their or your money The Spanish possessive adjective must agree with the number of items a person has.Showing Possession Next, tell them that there is another way in both languages to show possession or ownership: by using possessive adjectives to directly modify the noun. So we could say his bicycle or, looking back at our examples: his book , our car , our house and her cats . Write the Spanish possessive adjectives on the board, in the six-box paradigm for the three singular and three plural gramamtical persons. Write mi/mis on the upper left, nuestro, nuestra, nuestros, nuestras to the right of that box. Below mi/mis , on the left, write tu/tus , and likewise to its right, the plural possessive adjectives corresponding to vosotros usage -- vuestro, vuestra, vuestros, vuestras .

