CSG268

Possessive and Demonstrative Adjectives and Pronoun^{1 2} 257

6. (Pedro y yo) la cuenta bancaria _ 12. (Uds.) la receta (recipe)

ejercicio

En espańol. Usethe long forms of the possesswe adjectwes (mio, tuyo, suyo, etc.).

1.    A friend of minę {mi) is a college professor. _

2.    I want to meet a cousin (f.) of his. _

3.    This obsession ofyours (tu) with birds is very strange (raro). _

4.    This baseball team of ours is fabulous! _

5.    In this art exhibit (exposición) I see two pictures of his. _

Wlien Are the Short and Long Forms of the Possessive Adjeetlves Used in Spanish?

—Aqui henen Anay Felipe. Pidele su donación.

—<{La donación de ella o la donación

de el?

“Here comeAna and Felipe. Ask her (orhim) forher (or his) donation.”

“Her donation orhis?”

ejercicio

iDe ąuien o ąuienes son estas cosas? Use the preposition de + theitem + the pronoun. EJEMPLO ^Es esta małe ta tuya? (Ana)    Es la małe ta de ella.

1.    Este pijama no es suyo. (Nina) _

2.    ({Son estas tus zapatillas? (Anay Pepe) _

3.    Este no es el peine (comb) mio. (Felipe) _

1

Although both the short and the long forms indicate who the possessor is and agree in gender and number with the thing owned, they serve different purposes:

•    The long forms emphasize who is the owner or contrast one possessor with another.

Este es mi cepillo de dientes y aquel    This is my toothhrush and that one is your

es el cepillo tuyo.    toothhrush.

Prefiero el disco mio y no la canción Iprefer my CD and not your song. tuya.

2

   Because su, sus, el suyo, la suya, los suyos, and las suyas may not give you enough information to determine the owner, you may need to use a noun + de + the pronoun el, ella, Ud., ellos, ellas, or Uds. to clarify your message. See the following example: