Look at this table to learn the Pronombre posesivo
|
Masc sing |
Fem sing |
Masc plural |
Fem plural |
ours |
nuestro |
nuestra |
nuestros |
nuestras |
yours |
vuestro |
vuestra |
vuestros |
vuestras |
Read and listen to these examples:
Esa moto es muy cara y es nuestra.That motorbike is very expensive and it's ours.
Las mesas no eran de Marta, sino nuestras.The tables were not Marta's, but ours.
No es nuestro calendario, sino vuestro.It is not our calendar, but yours.
No eran nuestros boletos, sino vuestros.They weren't our tickets, but yours.
As you can see in the examples above, the possessives nuestro and vuestro agree in gender and number with the noun they modify.
Sometimes these possessive pronouns are accompanied by the definite article:
El, la, los, las + pronombre posesivo
The definite article is generally included in two circumstances:
1. To reinforce the feeling of possession.
Este regalo es nuestro. Este regalo es el nuestro. This present is ours. This present is our present. [reinforced possession]
2. When the possessive pronoun is at the beginning of a sentence.
-Nuestra aspiradora no funciona. -La nuestra se rompió ayer también.-Our vacuum cleaner doesn't work. -Ours broke yesterday too.
More examples:
No es vuestro sombrero, es el nuestro.It is not your hat, it is ours.
Vuestros papeles no eran fáciles de entender, pero los nuestros sí.Your papers were not easy to understand, but ours were.
No eran nuestras pulseras, sino las vuestras.They weren't our bracelets, but yours. ["You" plural informal]
See also How to say mine, yours, his, hers, its and theirs (possessive pronouns) and Adjetivo posesivo
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