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Indicate possession with possessive adjectives.
Indicate possession with ser + de.
Gramática: Los posesivos
Posesión con ser + de
There are two ways to indicate possession in Spanish. One way is to use the verb ser in the following pattern: object(s) + ser de + person who has the object(s)
El libro es de María. (The book is María’s.)
- El libro de María explica la gramática. (María’s book explains grammar.)
- Las mochilas son de los muchachos. (The backpacks are the boys’.)
- La casa es del Sr. Rodríguez. (The house is Mr. Rodríguez’s.)
Note: The apostrophe /’s/ construction used in English does not exist in Spanish.
Los adjetivos posesivos
A more common way to express possession, especially when it is clear to whom something belongs, is to use possessive adjectives:
| singular possessor | plural possessor |
| mi, mis (my) |
nuestro/s, nuestra/s (our) |
| tu, tus (your) |
vuestro/s, vuestra/s (your) |
| su, sus (his, her, your) |
su (their, your) |
Atención a la acentuación: Tú con tilde, se refiere a la persona (Tú, with accent mark, refers to the person “you”); Tu, sin tilde, es el adjetivo posesivo (Tu, without accent mark, is the possessive adjective “your”).
Possessive adjectives in Spanish – like all adjectives! – must agree in number. In the case of nosotros and vosotros, they also must agree in gender with what is owned:
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