Learn Spanish (Latin America): Este paraguas no es el mío.

Este paraguas no es el mío.

This umbrella is not mine.

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Wait, why is it Este paraguas and not Estos paraguas? Doesn't the "s" at the end mean it's plural?

Paraguas (umbrella) is a bit of a trick word! It is actually a singular, masculine noun (el paraguas). It ends in "s" because it's a compound word made from para (stops) and aguas (waters). To make it plural, the word itself doesn't change; you only change the words around it, like estos paraguas (these umbrellas).

Why do we use el mío here instead of just mi?

Mi means "my", which you use right before a noun, as in mi paraguas (my umbrella). But when you want to say "mine" to replace the noun entirely so you don't have to repeat it, you use a possessive pronoun like el mío.

If a woman is speaking, does she say la mía instead of el mío?

No, she would still say el mío. In Spanish, possessive pronouns always agree with the gender and number of the thing being owned, not the person who owns it. Because paraguas is masculine and singular, you must use el mío no matter who is speaking.

Could I just say Este paraguas no es mío without the el?