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This; that; these; those; none and neither are Demonstrative Pronouns that substitute nouns when the nouns they replace can be understood from the context. They also indicate whether they are replacing singular or plural words and give the location of the object:
EXAMPLES OF DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUNS:
This: singular and near the speaker
That: singular and at a distance from the speaker
These:plural and near the speaker
Those: plural and at a distance from the speaker
Eg. 1.: You take these bags and I'll take those. - ("Those" refers to bags that are at a distance from the speaker.)
Eg. 2: We bought this last year - ("This" refers to something that is sing., near the speaker and readily understood in the context of the conversation.)


Possessive Pronouns - Theory (Teoría)
We usethe Possessive Pronouns when we want to substitute a group of words that are indicating a possession relation.
Éste es mi libro. - This is my book.
In this example, we can substitute "mi libro" (my book) for the possessive pronoun "mío" (mine) and we would have:
Éste es mío. - This is mine
or
Este libro es mío. - This book is mine.
In Spanish the possessive pronouns are normally formed withthe definite article and "mío", "tuyo", or "suyo".
Mi coche es rápido. - My car is fast.
El mío es más rápido. - Mine is faster.
In this example, "el mío" (mine) substitutes "mi coche" (my car) and it is formed by the definiMine, yours, his, hers, its, ours, theirs are the possessive pronouns used to substitute a noun and to show possession or ownership.
EG. This is your disk and that's mine.(Mine substitutes the word disk and shows that it belongs to me.)
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