Parejas famosas: possessive adjectives 'su' and 'sus' (his, her, their)
I can use ‘su’ and ‘sus’ with -ar verbs to ask questions about a famous Spanish-speaking couple.
Parejas famosas: possessive adjectives 'su' and 'sus' (his, her, their)
I can use ‘su’ and ‘sus’ with -ar verbs to ask questions about a famous Spanish-speaking couple.
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Key learning points
- To say ‘his’, ‘her’ or ‘its’ before a singular or uncountable noun, both masculine and singular, we use ‘su’.
- ‘Su’ and ‘sus’ mean ‘their’, referring to something that belongs to more than one person.
- Spanish doesn’t have a word for ‘do’ or ‘did’ in questions (auxiliary). Only the main verb is used.
Keywords
Possessive adjective - an adjective referring to possession; in English this includes 'my' and 'your'
Preterite - a tense used for completed events in the past
Cognate - a word in more than one language that has the same meaning and linguistic origin
Common misconception
The final ‘-s’ in ‘sus’ refers to more than one person.
The final ‘s’ refers to a plural noun.
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my
his, her, its
our
your (singular)
your (plural)