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Gender and possessive adjectives for professions

I have a question about constructions like this: "Omar y Cristina son nuestros panaderos," e.g. "Omar and Cristina are our bakers." I understand it is "nuestros" because it is the nosotros form of the possessive adjective. However, I'm confused about the gender. Why is it masculine here?

This question relates to:Spanish lesson "Possessive adjectives in Spanish: my, your, his, her, its, our and their (Adjetivos posesivos)"

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InmaNative Spanish expert teacher in Kwiziq

Hola Lukas

The possessive adjectives agree with the noun they are accompanying: nuestros panaderos

If your doubt lies on why is it masculine if they are a man (Omar) and a woman (Cristina), then the answer is: we use the masculine plural as a default gender in this case, therefore "nuestros".

I hope this clarified it.

Saludos cordiales

Inma

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Lukas V. asked:

Gender and possessive adjectives for professions

I have a question about constructions like this: "Omar y Cristina son nuestros panaderos," e.g. "Omar and Cristina are our bakers." I understand it is "nuestros" because it is the nosotros form of the possessive adjective. However, I'm confused about the gender. Why is it masculine here?

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