Possessive Pronouns can replace nouns or nouns phrases:
Los pronombres posesivos pueden reemplazar a los
sustantivos.
Please, remember that a possessive pronoun is different to a
possessive adjective.
Por favor, recuerda que un pronombre posesivo es diferente a
un adjetivo posesivo.
A possessive adjective is followed by a noun. A possessive
pronoun is not followed by a noun.
Un adjetivo posesivo es seguido por un sustantivo. Un
pronombre posesivo no es seguido por un sustantivo.
SUBJECT PRONOUNS : I, YOU, HE , SHE , IT , WE, THEY
I speak English = Yo hablo Inglés
POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES: MY, YOUR, HIS, HER, ITS, OUR, THEIR
My cellphone is new.
Mi celular ess nuevo.
My students are the best.
Mis estudiantes son los mejores.
POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS: MINE, YOURS, HIS, HERS, OUR, THEIRS.
Examples:
The skirt is mine. (La falda es mia)
The book is yours. (El libro es tuyo)
The pen is his (El lapicero es suyo)
The dog is hers (El perro es suyo)
The backpack is ours (La mochila es nuestra)
The house is theirs (La casa es suya)
So, a possessive pronoun replaces a possessive adjective
plus a noun to avoid repeating information is already clear.
Entonces, un pronombre posesivo reemplaza a un adjetivo
posesivo más un sustantivo para evitar repetir información que ya está clara.
That’s my jacket =That’s mine.
Esa es mi casaca = Esa es mia
Your dinner was great =Yours was great.
Tu cena estuvo genial = La tuya estuvo genial
Are these his keys? = Are these his?
¿Son estas sus llaves? =¿Son estas suyas?
She drives her car to work = She drives hers to work.
Ella conduce su carro al trabajo = Ella conduce el suyo al
trabajo
These are our books = Theses are ours.
Estos son nuestros libros = Estos son nuestros
They finished their assigment = They finished theirs.
Ellos acabaron su tarea = Ellos acabaron la suya.
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