0.2.3 Family & Friends Flashcards Preview

family - la familia

my - mi

Possessive Pronouns - Singular

• my - mi
• your - tu
• his / her / your - su
• our nuestro
• your vuestro
• their su

Note that we use the same posessive pronoun (su) for “his” and “their”, no matter what the gender of the subject or object.

However, also note the possessive pronouns do change if the quantity of the object is different. (e.g. “My two families” - mis dos familias.)

your (singular/formal) - tu.

Note that the possessive pronoun tu does not have an accent mark, whereas the regular personal pronoun tú (you) does.

Possessive Pronouns - Singular

• my - mi
• your - tu
• his / her / your - su
• our nuestro
• your vuestro
• their su

In Spanish, padre feels about as formal as “father” does in English. Papá is used more colloquially. And sometimes even papi.

In Spanish, madre feels about as formal as “mother” does in English. Mamá is used more colloquially. And sometimes even mami.

As with other collective Spanish nouns describing people of two different genders, we choose the masculine version to describe them together as “parents”. Padres is much more formal sounding than the more colloquial papás.

Also note that the possessive prounoun mi changes to mis when referring to more than one object.

Possessive Pronouns - Plural

• my - mis
• your - tus
• his / her / your - sus
• our nuestros
• your vuestros
• their sus

[José]’s - de [José].

There are no apostrophes in Spanish. To show possession, just use de (as if we were saying “The family of José …”).

his / her / your (formal) - su.

Remember that this is the same posessive pronoun no matter what the gender of the subject or object. Possessive pronouns only need to agree in quantity. (e.g. His cars - sus carros.)

In this case, we’re using the third-person singular version of su, since we’re just talking about one person and their one family.

Possessive Pronouns - Singular

• my - mi
• your - tu
• his / her / your - su
• our nuestro
• your vuestro
• their su

His (plural) - sus.

Always remember to make this possessive pronoun plural (su –> sus) when referring to more than one person or object.

Also remember to accentuate the second “á” in papás, since papas (without an accent) are potatoes :)

Possessive Pronouns - Plural

• my - mis
• your - tus
• his / her / your - sus
• our nuestros
• your vuestros
• their sus

your (informal/plural) - tus.

Possessive Pronouns - Plural

• my - mis
• your - tus
• his / her / your - sus
• our nuestros
• your vuestros
• their sus

our - nuestro

your (informal/plural) - vuestro.

Note that vuestro becomes vuestros to match the plural papás.

brother - el hermano.

Note that we used the possessive pronoun su instead of tu, since we were addressing someone respectfully (whom we would have called Usted instead of tú).