El Posesivo

Entering a no apostrophe zone!

There is no apostrophe in Spanish and adding an -s just makes things look plural. Instead, we need to use the following formula including the word de (meaning of):

Article + Noun + De + Name
- el libro de Susana - Susana's book
- la bicicleta de Francisco - Francisco's book

Simple enough, right? But we don't always use people's names to indicate possession.

Possessive Adjectives

We use short form possessive adjectives in Spanish the same way we do in English. We place the adjective in front of the noun. The formula looks like this:

(short form) possessive adjective + noun

Like any good Spanish adjective, possessive adjectives need to agree in number so we have some variations for plural forms:

**Possessive Adjectives**
Singular	Plural
mi(s) tu(s) su(s)	nuestro(s)/nuestra(s) vuestro(s)/vuestra(s) su(s)

The plural form is used when we have more than one thing being possessed, not when we have more than one possessor. We pick a masculine or a feminine adjective based on the gender of the thing(s) being possessed, not the gender of the possessor.

Some examples:

**Examples of Possessive Adjectives**
Spanish	English
nuestra bicicleta nuestras bicicletas nuestros libros	our bicycle our bicycles our books

Video Presentation

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