Mi profesor brasileño vive aquí.

the teacher

Breakdown of Mi profesor brasileño vive aquí.

• mi: my
• aquí: here
• vivir: to live

Questions & Answers about Mi profesor brasileño vive aquí.

Why is it mi profesor and not el mi profesor?

In modern Spanish, possessive words like mi, tu, su, nuestro usually replace the article, so you say mi profesor, not el mi profesor.

• mi profesor = my teacher / my professor
• el profesor = the teacher / the professor

Using both together in this basic structure sounds wrong in standard modern Spanish.

Does profesor mean professor or teacher?

It can mean either, depending on context.

In everyday Spanish, profesor often means teacher, especially for secondary school and sometimes other educational settings. It does not always mean a university professor in the English sense.

So Mi profesor brasileño vive aquí could mean:

• My Brazilian teacher lives here
• My Brazilian professor lives here

Context tells you which one is meant.

Why does brasileño come after profesor?

In Spanish, most descriptive adjectives usually come after the noun.

So:

• profesor brasileño = Brazilian teacher

This is the normal word order. English usually puts the adjective first, but Spanish usually puts it after the noun.