Possessive Adjectives – Long Forms

Adjetivos posesivos acentuados

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Possessive adjectives indicate to whom or to what something belongs. In Spanish there are different forms of possessive adjectives depending on whether the noun is masculine or feminine, singular or plural. There are also two different sets of possessive adjectives: long/stressed forms (explained here) and short/unstressed forms.

Long forms of Spanish possessives

		Singular			Plural
		masc	fem		masc	fem
mine		mío	mía		míos	mías
yours (tú)		tuyo	tuya		tuyos	tuyas
his/hers/its yours (Ud.)		suyo	suya		suyos	suyas
ours		nuestro	nuestra		nuestros	nuestras
yours (vosotros)		vuestro	vuestra		vuestros	vuestras
theirs yours (Uds.)		suyo	suya		suyos	suyas

 There are three important things to know about the long form of Spanish possessive adjectives:

1. The possessive adjective must match the noun being modified in gender and number.
2. The adjective follows the noun.
3. This construction puts the stress on the owner rather than the thing owned.

Por ejemplo…

Es un amigo mío.		He’s a friend of mine.
¿Dónde está el libro tuyo?		Where is your book?
Las ideas nuestras son mejores.		Our ideas are better.

 Note that Spanish possessive adjectives are identical to possessive pronouns, but their usage is different: possessive pronouns replace nouns, while possessive adjectives modify nouns.

 Spanish lesson plans

• Possessive Adjectives (Worksheet, 8th-9th grade)
• Possessive Adjectives (Worksheet, 9th-10th grade)
• Possessive Adjectives and Pronouns (PPT, 6th-12th grade)
• Silly Family Trees (Worksheet, 9th-10th grade)
   

 En français

• Adjectifs possessifs
   

 In italiano

• Aggettivi possessivi
   

 Related lessons

• Short possessive forms
• Spanish possession
• PwLS super list of adjective lessons
• Introduction to adjectives
• Introduction to nouns

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