Possession 1: possessive adjectives

We have two possibilities when mentioning who has what:

Hay dos posibilidades para decir que alguien tiene algo:

1) Possessive adjectives – Adjetivos posesivos

There is one possessive adjective for each subject pronoun. Watch out! The possessive adjective to be used depends on who has what not on the number of things this person has. Example: my book = my books

Existe un adjetivo posesivo por persona. Atención, depende del poseedor no del número de cosas que se poseen. En español, mi libro – mis libros

When you have a list of things belonging to the same person, you should only used one possessive adjective.

Cuando tienes una lista de cosas que pertenecen a la misma persona, sólo se usa un adjetivo posesivo.

Example: his brother and sister, my mother and father, our chairs, tables and books.

Following the family post, let’s take The Simpsons as an example to learn how to use possesive adjectives. Test your knowledge on possessive adjectives and family words with this video

Tras haber leído el artículo sobre la familia, vamos a fijarnos en la familia de los Simpsons para practicar el uso de adjetivos posesivos. Comprueba que lo has entendido mirando este video.

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