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Tú siempre confundes mis guantes con los tuyos.

Tú siempre confundes mis guantes con los tuyos.
You always mix up my gloves with yours.
From Lesson 70:Possessive pronouns (el mío, el tuyo)·Spanish (Latin America)

Questions & Answers about Tú siempre confundes mis guantes con los tuyos.

Why is it los tuyos instead of just tuyos?
In Spanish, when you use a word like 'yours' to completely replace a noun (a possessive pronoun), you usually need to put a definite article (el, la, los, or las) in front of it. Here, it replaces tus guantes, so you need the masculine plural article los to match.
Why does 'yours' translate to a plural word (tuyos) in this sentence?
Possessive pronouns in Spanish must match the gender and number of the thing being owned, not the person who owns it. Because the things being owned are gloves (los guantes, which is masculine and plural), the pronoun must also be masculine and plural: los tuyos.
What is the difference between how mis and los tuyos are used here?
mis is a short possessive adjective ('my') that always sits directly in front of the noun it describes (mis guantes). los tuyos is a possessive pronoun ('yours') that completely replaces the noun so you don't have to repeat the word guantes again at the end of the sentence.
Does confundir mean 'to mix up' or 'to confuse'?
It means both! While confundir literally translates to 'to confuse', the phrase confundir algo con otra cosa is the most natural way to say 'to mix something up with something else' in Spanish.

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