¿El edredón es mío?

In Spanish, singular countable nouns usually need an article or another determiner. So edredón normally needs el, un, este, mi, etc.

That is why ¿El edredón es mío? sounds natural, while ¿Edredón es mío? is generally not correct in normal Spanish.

Here, el edredón means the comforter / the duvet, referring to a specific one.

Mi is a possessive adjective, so it goes before a noun:

• mi edredón = my comforter

Mío is a possessive pronoun, so it replaces the noun or works after ser to show ownership:

• Es mío = It’s mine
• El edredón es mío = The comforter is mine

So in this sentence, mío is correct because it comes after es and expresses possession by itself.

The accent mark in mío shows where the stress goes: MEE-oh.

Without the accent, Spanish spelling rules would suggest a different pronunciation. The written accent helps show that í forms a separate syllable:

• mío → mí-o (2 syllables)

This is standard for possessive forms like:

• mío
• mía
• míos
• mías

¿El edredón es mío? is the most neutral and straightforward word order.

Spanish does not always invert word order in questions the way English does. English usually changes The comforter is mine into Is the comforter mine? But Spanish can often keep the normal statement order and simply use intonation and question marks:

• El edredón es mío. = statement
• ¿El edredón es mío? = question

You can say ¿Es mío el edredón?, but it sounds more marked or emphatic, as if you are focusing especially on mío.

Es is the él/ella/usted form of ser in the present tense.

It is used because Spanish commonly uses ser to identify ownership in sentences like:

• Es mío = It is mine
• Es tuyo = It is yours
• Es nuestro = It is ours

So El edredón es mío literally follows the pattern The comforter is mine.

Yes. Possessive pronouns like mío agree in gender and number with the thing owned, not with the owner.

Since edredón is masculine singular, the correct form is:

• mío

Compare:

• La almohada es mía. = The pillow is mine.
• Los edredones son míos. = The comforters are mine.
• Las mantas son mías. = The blankets are mine.

So the form changes depending on the noun being referred to.

Edredón is a masculine noun. It refers to a thick bed covering, often translated as comforter or sometimes duvet, depending on context.

In Latin America, vocabulary for bedding can vary by country. Edredón is widely understood, but some regions may prefer other words in certain contexts, such as cobertor, acolchado, or frazada, though those are not always exact equivalents.

For a learner, edredón is a perfectly good and useful word to know.

Spanish uses an opening question mark ¿ and a closing question mark ? to show clearly where the question begins and ends.

So:

• ¿El edredón es mío?

This is especially helpful in longer sentences, because the reader knows from the start that it is a question.

The same idea applies to exclamations:

• ¡Qué bonito!

No. Él with an accent means he, while el without an accent means the.

So:

• el edredón = the comforter
• él = he

You would not say ¿Él edredón es mío? because that mixes up the article and the pronoun.

Also, Spanish usually does not need a separate subject pronoun here. The sentence is already complete with El edredón as the subject.

A simple pronunciation guide is:

• eh-dreh-DON

The stress falls on the last syllable because of the written accent: edredón.

A rough breakdown:

• e like eh
• dr said together
• r is a light Spanish r
• ón has the stressed final syllable

So the full sentence is roughly:

• el eh-dreh-DON es MEE-oh

Yes, but it means something slightly different in structure.

• ¿El edredón es mío? = Is the comforter mine?
• ¿Es mi edredón? = Is it my comforter? or Is this my comforter?

The first sentence starts with the comforter and asks whether it belongs to you.
The second starts with is and uses mi edredón as a noun phrase.

Both are correct, but they are not identical in emphasis or structure.