Expressing Possession To indicate possession (that someone owns something) or a relationship in Spanish, the word de is used in the following formula: noun + de + noun ¿Dónde está la casa de Olivia? Where is Olivia's house? Es el examen *del Sr. Madan. It’s Mr Madan’s exam.
Es el libro de Paco. It's Paco's book.
*When de + el come together they contract to form “del”. - The apostrophe is not used in Spanish!!
The Possessive Adjectives (Owner) Subject Pronoun yo tú él ella ud. nosotros ellos ellas uds.
Singular Form
Plural Form
mi tu
mis tus
my your - informal
su
sus
his, her, your - formal
nuestro nuestra
nuestros nuestras our
su
sus
their, your - plural
- The forms of nuestro must agree with the noun they describe:
nuestro libro/nuestra casa/nuestros libros/nuestras casas