ABSTRACT
Enseñaron los pasaportes. (They showed their passports.)
Adjective Example
mío, mía, míos, mías unos libros míos (some books of mine)
tuyo, tuya, tuyos, tuyas la pluma tuya (your pen)
suyo, suya, suyos, suyas el coche suyo (his/her/your car)
nuestro, nuestra, nuestros, nuestras las cosas nuestras (our things)
vuestro, vuestra, vuestros, vuestras un amigo vuestro (a friend of yours)
suyo, suya, suyos, suyas una hija suya (one of their/your daughters)
To emphasise who the owner is Este libro mío no lo cojáis. (Don’t take this book of mine.)
To emphasise the fact that the thing possessed is one of a group
Es un amigo mío. (He is a friend of mine, i.e. I have several friends, and he is one of them.)
When the noun is preceded by algún, ningún, cualquier, cada, mucho, poco, varios, más, menos
Cualquier idea suya suele ser interesante. (Any idea of his is usually interesting.) He conocido a muchos amigos suyos. (I have met many of his friends.)
Before nada and algo
☞ See Units 8 and 23. No quiero nada suyo. (I don’t want anything of his.) Creo que tienes algo nuestro. (I think you have something of ours.)
1 Fill in the gaps with the correct possessive adjective.
