{"id":2720,"date":"2019-07-12T20:49:02","date_gmt":"2019-07-12T20:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-spanish1\/?post_type=chapter&p=2720"},"modified":"2019-12-02T17:22:18","modified_gmt":"2019-12-02T17:22:18","slug":"putting-it-together-como-son-las-personas-de-tu-familia","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-spanish1\/chapter\/putting-it-together-como-son-las-personas-de-tu-familia\/","title":{"raw":"Putting It Together: \u00bfC\u00f3mo son las personas de tu familia?","rendered":"Putting It Together: \u00bfC\u00f3mo son las personas de tu familia?"},"content":{"raw":"Click on each link below for a review summary to help you complete the assignments and prepare for the quiz to demonstrate your mastery of the objectives.\r\n\r\n[reveal-answer q=\"473461\"]Indicate possession\u00a0with ser + de and\u00a0possessive adjectives[\/reveal-answer]\r\n[hidden-answer a=\"473461\"]\r\n\r\nThere are two ways to indicate possession in Spanish.\u00a0 One way is to use the verb ser <\/span><\/em>in the following pattern:\u00a0 object(s) + ser de + <\/span><\/em>person who has the object(s)\r\n\r\n\"Play<\/a><\/span>El libro es de Mar\u00eda.<\/span> (The book is Mar\u00eda's.)\r\n

Los adjetivos posesivos<\/span><\/h4>\r\nA more common way to express possession, especially when it is clear to whom something belongs, is to use possessive adjectives:\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
singular possessor<\/strong><\/td>\r\nplural\u00a0possessor<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
\"Play<\/a><\/span>mi <\/span>(my)<\/i><\/td>\r\n\"Play<\/a><\/span>nuestro <\/span>(our)<\/em><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
\"Play<\/a><\/span>tu <\/span>(your)<\/em><\/td>\r\n\"Play<\/a><\/span>vuestro <\/span>(your)<\/em><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
\"Play<\/a><\/span>su <\/span>(his, her, your)<\/em><\/td>\r\n\"Play<\/a><\/span>su <\/span>(their, your)<\/em><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n
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Remember that in Spanish, t\u00fa<\/em> and usted<\/em> both mean \"you\". Therefore, the possessive adjective for \"your\" needs to follow the correct register: T\u00fa \u2013 tu\/tus<\/em>; Usted \u2013<\/em> su\/sus.<\/div>\r\n
\r\n\r\nAtenci\u00f3n a la acentuaci\u00f3n:\u00a0<\/strong>T\u00fa con tilde, se refiere a la persona<\/em> (T\u00fa<\/em>, with accent mark, refers to the person \"you\"); Tu, sin tilde, es el adjetivo posesivo<\/em> (Tu,<\/em> without accent mark, is the possessive adjective \"your\").\r\n\r\nThe chart above, however, only shows the basic form.\u00a0 Possessive adjectives in Spanish - like all adjectives! -\u00a0 must agree in number.\u00a0 In the case of <\/span>nosotros<\/span><\/em>\u00a0and <\/span>vosotros,<\/span><\/em>\u00a0they also must agree in gender with what is owned.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n[\/hidden-answer]\r\n\r\n[reveal-answer q=\"603306\"]Use family vocabulary to describe members of a family[\/reveal-answer]\r\n[hidden-answer a=\"603306\"]\r\n
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