Grammar 8: Possessive pronouns. Pronombres posesivos.

mine (mio(a), mios(as)); your (tuyo(a), tuyos(as), suyo(a), suyos(as)); his (de él),
hers (de ella); its (--); ours (nuestros(as), de nosotros(as)); theirs(de ellos(as))

A primera vista pareciera ser que los adjetivos posesivos y los pronombres posesivos tuvieran la misma
función, sin embargo la regla del uso de los mismos y sus significados son algo diferentes. Por ejemplo:

“My computer” significa “mi computadora”; “The computer is mine” significa “La computadora es mia.” En la
primera oración preferí usar un adjetivo posesivo, como su regla lo indica, lo antepongo al sustantivo
“computer”. En la segunda oración estoy usando un pronombre posesivo por lo que lo debo escribirlo después
del verbo y al final de la oración.

A los pronombres posesivos no sólo se los puede escribir al final de la oración, a veces hacen las veces de
un sustantivo, por lo que pueden ser el sujeto de la oración. Por ejemplo:
Mine is the red one. (mine = mi computadora, la mía)
Yours is better. (yours = tu computadora, la tuya)

Compara a los adjetivos y pronombres posesivos usando la misma oración, así podras ver la diferencia entre
ambos.

Singular Plural Possessive

possessive adjective
This is my computer.
This is your computer.
This is his computer.
This is her computer.
* This is its cookie.
This is our computer.
This is their computer.
possessive adjective
These are my computers.
These are your computers.
These are his computers.
These are her computers.
* These are its cookies.
These are our computers.
These are their computers.
Pronoun
It is / They are mine.
It is / They are yours.
It is / They are his
It is / They are hers.
It is / They are its.
It is / They are ours.
It is / They are theirs.

Exercise 8: Possessive pronouns. Pronombres posesivos.

1. Choose the correct answer, it could be a possessive adjective or a possessive

pronoun. Escoje la respuesta correcta. Puede ser un adjetivo posesivo o un
pronombre posesivo.

1. My computer has ________ CPU broken. ( it's / its' / hers / its ) (CPU broken=CPU dañado)
2. I like ________ new printer. (to like = gustar) ( mine / her / hers / theirs )
3. These computer books are different. ________ has 278 pages, but ________ has only 275.
( yours, mine / Your, my / Yours, my / Your, mine )
4. My cell phone is old, but ________ is brand-new. ( your / our / his / their )
5. Is ________ computer book expensive? ( your / yours / your's / you )
6. I usually give ________ business card, so they give us ________. (to give=dar)
( ours, their / our, their / ours, theirs / our, theirs )

7. You can't have any chocolate! It's ________! ( your / its / her / mine )
8. ________ is expensive. _______ is cheaper but it has a better quality diamond.
( Their, theirs / Hers, ours / Our, ours / Yours, mine )
9. ____ pencil is broken. Can I borrow _____? (Mine, yours / Your, mine / My, yours / Yours, mine)
10. _____ computer is DELL, and ____ is HP. (Your, mine / Yours, mine / Your, my / Yours, my)