CSG265

254 Complete Spanish Grammar

The Short Forms

The short forms consist of a single word. The subject pronouns of the persons who own the object, idea, relationship, etc., appear in the list below, for reference.

Short forms

(yo) ini, mis (tu) tu, tus (el/ella, Ud.) su, sus

your (familiar, sing.) his/her, your (formal, sing.), its

(nosotros/nosotras) nuestro/nuestra, nuestros/nuestras (vosotros/vosotras) vuestro/vuestra, vuestros/vuestras (ellos/ellas, Uds.) su, sus

our

your (familiar, pl. [Spain]) their (m. and f.), your (formal, pl.)

tus zapatos y tus camisas su libro y su librę ta nuestro abuelo y nuestras primas sus amigos y sus maestras

your sh oes and your shirts his/her/their book and his/her/their notebook our grandfather and our (female) cousins his/her/theirfriends and his/her/their

teachers

Remember that:

• the short forms of the possessive adjectives are placed before the nouns they modify.

• the singular short forms and the third-person plural do not have feminine and masculine forms.

• the masculine forms (vuestro[s] and nuestro [s]) end in -o, -os; the feminine forms (vues-tra[s] and nuestra[s]) end in -a, -as.

• the forms su and sus may mean his, her, your (formal), its, or their. The context will help you

determine the person the pronoun refers to:

Felipe trae a su perro al parque y Ana trae a su gata.

Alina y sus hijas bajan del autobus.

bus.

Los vendedores hablan eon sus clientes.

Felipe bńngs his (małe) dog to the park and Ana bringsher (female) cat.

Alina and her daughters step down from the

The salespeople talk to their customers.

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ejercicio

Practica. Escńbe la forma apropiada del adjetivo posesivo mi, mis, tu, tus, su, sus, nuestro, nuestros, nuestra, nuestras, euestro, euestro s, euestra, v u es tras que corresponde a la persona entre parentesis.

1. (Ana) 2- (yo) _

libros

3. (Uds.)

asunto (matter, ąuestion) _maletas

4. (vosotros)

plan

6. (ellas) _

7. (Ud.)_

8. (nosotras)

9. (el)-

. viaje pluma

_relojes

palos de golf