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32. Stressed Possessive Adjectives

Source: A Complete Guide To Every Fundamental In Spanish (The Conclusion)

Stressed (or "long-form") possessive adjectives indicate to whom something belongs and translate as mine, yours, his, hers, ours, theirs. They go after the noun (or after ser) and agree with the noun in gender and number.

Key Rules

Forms agree in gender (-o/-a) and number (+s).
Used after the noun ("un amigo mío") or as a predicate after ser ("el libro es mío").
Suyo/a(s) can mean his, hers, yours (formal), or theirs — clarify with de él / de ella / de usted / de ellos if ambiguous.
Equivalent in meaning to a regular possessive used before the noun: tu cuaderno = el cuaderno tuyo.
Pluralize by adding -s.

Conjugation / Pattern Tables

Stressed possessive adjectives

Owner	Singular (m/f)	Plural (m/f)
mine	mío / mía	míos / mías
yours (tú)	tuyo / tuya	tuyos / tuyas
his / hers / yours (Ud.) / theirs	suyo / suya	suyos / suyas
ours	nuestro / nuestra	nuestros / nuestras
yours (vosotros)	vuestro / vuestra	vuestros / vuestras

Examples

Spanish	English
El libro es mío.	The book is mine.
El libro mío es nuevo.	My book (the book of mine) is new.
John es un amigo mío.	John is a friend of mine.
La computadora tuya es rápida.	Your computer (the computer of yours) is fast.
La clase nuestra empieza ahora.	Our class starts now.
Las clases nuestras son largas.	Our classes are long.
El teclado es suyo.	The keyboard is his/hers/theirs.
El teclado de él.	His keyboard (clarified).
El teclado suyo.	His/her/their keyboard.
El cuaderno tuyo.	Your notebook / the notebook of yours.
Estos zapatos son míos.	These shoes are mine.

Notes & Gotchas

Always agree with the possessed noun, not the owner: los amigos nuestros (our friends — masculine plural).
Suyo is ambiguous; in spoken Spanish people often replace it with de él / de ella / de usted / de ellos for clarity.
Stressed forms emphasize the possession; the unstressed forms (mi, tu, su, nuestro, vuestro) are more common in everyday speech before the noun.

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