Adjetivos posesivos tónicos (tonic possessive adjectives)
Los adjetivos posesivos tónicos tienen género y número dependiendo del objeto poseído, y no de la persona que posee. Se usan después del verbo ser para expresar posesión.
💂 Tonic possessive adjectives have gender and number that depends on the object possessed, and not on the person who possesses. They are used after the verb ser to express possession.
La guitarra es mía. Los pianos son tuyos. (The guitar is mine. The pianos are yours.)
Esta casa es mía. (This house is mine.)
Format: English equivalent: Masc. sing. | Fem. sing. | Masc. pl. | Fem. pl.
mine: mío | mía | míos | mías
yours: tuyo | tuya | tuyos | tuyas
his / hers / yours (formal): suyo | suya | suyos | suyas
ours: nuestro | nuestra | nuestros | nuestras
yours (plural): (vuestro | vuestra | vuestros | vuestras)
theirs / yours (formal, plural): suyo | suya | suyos | suyas
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