Spanish

In this lesson you will learn the Spanish possessive determiners, which are used to convey possession.


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		<tr>
			<th>Possessive determiners</th>
			<th>Singular</th>
			<th>Plural</th>
		</tr>
	</thead>
	<tbody>
		<tr>
			<td>First person</td>
			<td>mi my</td>
			<td>nuestro our</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Second person</td>
			<td>tu, su your</td>
			<td>vuestro, su your</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Third person</td>
			<td>su his, her, its</td>
			<td>su their</td>
		</tr>
	</tbody>
</table>


	Spanish possessive determiners agree with the gender and number of the noun they modify.
	In other words, they change based on the whether the thing that is possessed is plural or singular, and whether it is masculine or feminine.
	Possessive determiners do not change based on the gender of the possessor, only based on the thing that is possessed.


<table class="ui celled fixed table">
	<tbody>
		<tr>
			<td>mi libro</td>
			<td>mi casa</td>
			<td>mis libros</td>
			<td>mis casas</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>tu libro</td>
			<td>tu casa</td>
			<td>tus libros</td>
			<td>tus casas</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>su libro</td>
			<td>su casa</td>
			<td>sus libros</td>
			<td>sus casas</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>nuestro libro</td>
			<td>nuestra casa</td>
			<td>nuestros libros</td>
			<td>nuestras casas</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>vuestro libro</td>
			<td>vuestra casa</td>
			<td>vuestros libros</td>
			<td>vuestras casas</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>su libro</td>
			<td>su casa</td>
			<td>sus libros</td>
			<td>sus casas</td>
		</tr>
	</tbody>
</table>

Possessive determiners

noun

adjective

determiner

verb

adverb

preposition

interjection

conjunction

pronoun

sentence

phrase

unknown

exclamatory

invariant noun

Word	Sus gatos están hambrientos.
Meaning	Your cats are hungry.
Part of speech	sentence
Pronunciation
Course	Spanish
Lesson	Possessive determiners

the cat	el gato
hungry	hambriento
to be	estar
your; his; her; its; their	su

Spanish - Sus gatos están hambrientos.

Breakdown of Sus gatos están hambrientos.

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