{ "chapter_id": "32", "slug": "stressed-possessive-adjectives", "title": "Stressed Possessive Adjectives", "time_range_sec": [8722, 8879], "summary": "Stressed possessive adjectives (mío, tuyo, suyo, nuestro, vuestro) indicate ownership and follow the noun or ser; they agree in gender and number with the possessed noun.", "suggested_grammar_note_id": null, "rules": [ {"title": "Placement", "bullets": ["Go after the noun (un amigo mío) or after ser (el libro es mío).", "Equivalent meaning to unstressed forms before the noun (tu cuaderno = el cuaderno tuyo)."]}, {"title": "Agreement", "bullets": ["Match the gender (m/f) and number (sg/pl) of the possessed noun, not the owner."]}, {"title": "Suyo ambiguity", "bullets": ["Suyo/a(s) can mean his, hers, yours (formal), or theirs.", "Clarify with de él / de ella / de usted / de ellos / de ellas."]} ], "examples": [ {"es": "El libro es mío.", "en": "The book is mine.", "tags": ["predicate"]}, {"es": "John es un amigo mío.", "en": "John is a friend of mine.", "tags": ["after-noun"]}, {"es": "La computadora tuya es rápida.", "en": "Your computer is fast.", "tags": ["fem"]}, {"es": "La clase nuestra empieza ahora.", "en": "Our class starts now.", "tags": ["fem"]}, {"es": "Las clases nuestras son largas.", "en": "Our classes are long.", "tags": ["plural"]}, {"es": "El teclado suyo.", "en": "His/her/their keyboard.", "tags": ["ambiguous"]}, {"es": "El teclado de él.", "en": "His keyboard.", "tags": ["clarification"]}, {"es": "Estos zapatos son míos.", "en": "These shoes are mine.", "tags": ["plural", "predicate"]}, {"es": "Una idea tuya cambió todo.", "en": "An idea of yours changed everything.", "tags": ["fem"]}, {"es": "Los planes vuestros son interesantes.", "en": "Your (pl.) plans are interesting.", "tags": ["vosotros"]} ], "vocab": [ {"es": "mío/a", "en": "mine", "pos": "adj"}, {"es": "tuyo/a", "en": "yours (tú)", "pos": "adj"}, {"es": "suyo/a", "en": "his/hers/yours/theirs", "pos": "adj"}, {"es": "nuestro/a", "en": "ours", "pos": "adj"}, {"es": "vuestro/a", "en": "yours (vosotros)", "pos": "adj"} ], "conjugation_tables": [], "exercises": [ {"sentence": "Estos libros son _____ (mine).", "correct": "míos", "distractor": "mío", "explanation": "Plural masculine noun (libros) → míos."}, {"sentence": "La casa es _____ (ours).", "correct": "nuestra", "distractor": "nuestro", "explanation": "Casa is feminine singular → nuestra."}, {"sentence": "Una amiga _____ (of mine) llegó ayer.", "correct": "mía", "distractor": "mío", "explanation": "Amiga is feminine → mía."}, {"sentence": "Los problemas son _____ (theirs).", "correct": "suyos", "distractor": "suya", "explanation": "Problemas is masc. plural → suyos."}, {"sentence": "El coche _____ (of yours, tú) es nuevo.", "correct": "tuyo", "distractor": "tuya", "explanation": "Coche is masc. sing. → tuyo."}, {"sentence": "Las ideas _____ (yours, vosotros) son buenas.", "correct": "vuestras", "distractor": "vuestros", "explanation": "Ideas is fem. plural → vuestras."} ], "caveats": "OCR muddled forms but standard paradigm restored." }