Spanish possessive Pronouns with definite article +de +pronoun
This is an exercise in my grammar book with the answers from the back of the book (in brackets). I thought I understood the previous exercises just using mi, el mío etc but now I am really confused as I cannot work out what the English equivalent of the phrases is so don't fully understand the meaning. Any simple explanations would be appreciated!! The question is
Vamos a hablar claramente. Escribe las palabras necesarias. Use the definite article + the preposition de + the pronoun él, ella etc
1. Las rosas de Ana y las suyas (de él) his
2. mis promesas y las suyas (de ellas) hers
3. el compromiso de Pedro y el suyo (él de ellos) theirs m
4. tu investigación y la suya (la de ellas) theirs f
5. mi problema y el suyo (él de ustedes) yours formal pl
6. las palabras de Ana y las suyas (las de ustedes) yours formal pl
7. mis sentimientos y los suyos (los de ustedes) yours formal sing
8. el auto de Lucy y el suyo (él de ustedes) yours formal sing
Thank you very much
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The issue is that suyo/suya/suyos/suyas agrees in number and gender with the thing possessed and not, as in English, the possessor. Las rosas de Ana y las suyas could refer to Ana's roses and his/hers/yours/theirs.
If we want to indicate who the owner is, we would need to say something like "Las rosas de Ana y las de él": In this case, the article changes to agree with rosas, and the pronoun tells us whose roses they are.
With las mías, of course, you don't have this problem.
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Hi Helen:
I don't understand clearly what the exercise wants you to do, so I will explain you only the first and fourth phrases and if it helps you, tell me, ok?
Well, in " 1. Las rosas de Ana y las suyas (de él) his" and following the indication, I think they're asking you to write this structure: Las rosas de Ana y las de él. And in "4. tu investigación y la suya (la de ellas) theirs f" it would be: Tu investigación y la de ellas.
I don't understand why they're asking you to do this, maybe to let you know that you can choose to say "las suyas" o "las de él" in this context.
Answering to you question about an equivalent in English, I'm not sure if it's possible to say in English this " The ones of him" for the first phrase. If it's possible, this is the equivalent.
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pronombres posesivos
mine=mío
his= de él
hers= de ella
ours= de nosotros (nuestros)
yours= de ustedes
theirs= de ellos, de ellas
1. Las rosas de Ana y las de él
The roses of Ana and his
why do we use"las" and not "los" or "la"? because we are talking about "rosas" and it is " female and plural"
Los vasos de Juan y los de él
La mesa de Héctor y la de él
*In the case of the first and second person ( yo, tú) it is easier
yours=tuyo
mine=mío
This is yours= Esto es tuyo
This is mine= Esto es mío
keep going
hope to see you soon.
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Thanks Victor, I have typed in what the question and answers are in the book, I just don't understand it.
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No termino de entender qué pide el ejercicio ni el por qué de esas respuestas. ¿Puedes copiar el enunciado del mismo, a ver si así se nos ilumina la bombilla?
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