"And [the apostles] saw what appeared to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in foreign languages as the Spirit enabled them." - Acts 2:3-4
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Lesson 1.5: Possession
In this lesson, we’ll learn about possession, which has nothing to do with evil spirits. In linguistics, possession is the way we say who owns something or to whom something is related.
This can be done with either a possessive pronoun
Examples: “my house,” “your class”
or a possessive noun.
Examples: “Ed’s house,” “the professor’s class”
Possessive pronouns
Here are the basic possessive pronouns in Spanish:
Mi (my)
Tu (your, tú form)
Su (his/her/its)
Nustro (our)
Vuestro (your, vosotros/as form)
Su (their)
Even though they aren’t technically adjectives, they follow adjective agreement for gender and number. That means changing -o to -a for feminine nouns and adding -s for plural nouns. Possessive pronouns come before the noun they modify. Also remember that the pronouns usted and ustedes use third-person pronouns. That means that su can also mean “your” in cases when you would refer to the listener as usted or ustedes.
Examples:
mi carro (my car)
mis bicicletas (my bicycles)
tu bicicleta (your bicycles)
tus carros (your cars)
su carro (his/her/its/their/your car)
sus bicicletas (his/her/its/their/your bicycles)
nuestro carro (our car)
nuestra bicicleta (our bicycle)
vuestros carros (your cars)
vuestras bicicletas (your bicycles)
Possessive nouns
Possessive nouns are much easier because they just require you to learn one word: de (of). To use a possessive noun, follow the format el/la/los/las + [noun] + de + [owner].
Example:el carro de María (Maria’s car)Example:el libro de la biblioteca (the library’s book)Example:las casas de nuestros parientes (our relatives’ houses)