Look at this table to learn the Pronombre posesivo
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Masc sing | Fem sing | Masc plural | Fem plural |
| ours | nuestro | nuestra | nuestros | nuestras |
| yours | vuestro | vuestra | vuestros | vuestras |
Read and listen to these examples:
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.
2. When the possessive pronoun is at the beginning of a sentence.
More examples:
See also How to say mine, yours, his, hers, its and theirs (possessive pronouns) and Adjetivo posesivo
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Examples and resources
-Nuestra aspiradora no funciona. -La nuestra se rompió ayer también.-Our vacuum cleaner doesn't work. -Ours broke yesterday too.
Vuestros papeles no eran fáciles de entender, pero los nuestros sí.Your papers were not easy to understand, but ours were.
Aunque tengo una casa muy lujosa, prefiero la vuestra.Although I have a very luxurious house, I prefer yours.
Este regalo es nuestro. Este regalo es el nuestro. This present is ours. This present is our present. [reinforced possession]
