| Good afternoon! How are you? I hope you are enjoying your Friday because I am enjoying MINE! |
| Do you know how to you use possessive pronouns? I’ll show you. Possessive pronouns are used when we want to show that something belongs to or is part of someone or something else. For example in the sentence “These books are mine, not yours”, the words “mine” and “yours” are possessive pronouns and are used to replace the longer forms “my books” and “your books.”Los pronombres posesivos se usan cuando queremos indicar que algo pertenece a o es parte de alguien o algo. Por ejemplo, en la frase “These books are mine, not yours” (Estos libros son míos, no tuyos), las palabras “mine” y “yours” son pronombres posesivos y se usan para sustituir a los sustantivos “my books” y “your books”. There are some rules though which we need to remember so let’s take a look.Sin embargo, hay algunas reglas que debemos recordar, echémosles un vistazo. We use possessive pronouns depending on:Usamos pronombres posesivos según: • number: singular (eg: mine) or plural (eg:ours)número: singular (p. ej. “mine”) o plural (p.ej. “ours”) • person: 1st person (eg: mine), 2nd person (eg: yours) or 3rd person (eg: his)persona: 1ª persona (p. ej. “mine”), 2ª persona (p.ej. “yours”) o 3ª persona (p. ej. “his”) • gender: male (his), female (hers)género: masculino (his), femenino (hers) The words mine, yours, his, hers, its, ours and theirs are possessive pronouns. They show who or what something belongs to.Las palabras “mine”, “yours”, “his”, “hers”, “its”, “ours” y “theirs” son pronombres posesivos. Indican a quién o a qué pertenece algo. Let’s look at some examples below of how to use them.Veamos algunos ejemplos de cómo se usan. • That house is ours.Esa casa es nuestra. • Those cars are theirs, not ours.Esos coches son suyos (de ellos), no nuestros. • This is my book, not yours.Este es mi libro, no el tuyo. • Those people are your friends, not mine!¡Esas personas son amigas tuyas, no mías! • The bicycle is his, not his brother’s.La bicicleta es suya (de él), no de su hermano. • This is my bedroom. Hers is bigger.Esta es mi habitación. La suya (de ella) es más grande. Look at the possessive pronouns in these sentences and note that they may be used as subjects or objects.Mira los pronombres posesivos de estas frases y fíjate en que se pueden usar como sujeto u objeto. • Look at those houses. Mine is the biggest one.(subject = my house)Mira esas casas. La mía es la más grande de todas. • I really like your car. Do you like mine? ( object = my car)Me encanta tu coche. ¿Te gusta el mío? I hope this has helped you understand possessive pronouns better. For more information on this topic, please refer to unit 33 of the online ABA English course and check out our blog! See you next week! Take care, |
