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Possessive Pronouns (Pronombres posesivos)
Definition

A possessive pronoun is a part of speech that attributes ownership to someone or something. Like any other pronoun, it substitutes a nounphrase and can prevent its repetition. For example, in the phrase, "These glasses are mine, not yours", the words "mine" and "yours" are possessive pronouns and stand for "my glasses" and "yourglasses," respectively.

The words "mine, yours, his, hers, its , ours, theirs" are possessive pronouns. They show who or what something belongs to.

Note

1. A possessive pronoun differs from apossessive adjective.

Examples:

What color is your brother's jacket?
His jacket is black.
(your and his are possessive adjectives; your and his modify the noun jacket in both examples)
What color isyours?
Mine is blue.
(yours and mine are possessive pronouns - yours functions as a subject complement in the first example; mine functions as a subject in the second example)
2. "It's" is not apossessive pronoun or adjective; it is a contraction of it is or it has.
Example:

It's not my book = it is not my book
It's got five bedrooms = it has got five bedrooms




Los posesivosvarían según el que posee y no según la cantidad poseida:

Ejemplos:
His bike is red. (Su bicicleta es roja.)
The red bike is his. (La bici roja es suya.)
My house is small. (Mi casa es pequeña.)The small house is mine. (La casa pequeña es mía.)

Function (Función)

Los pronombres posesivos se clasifican en dos tipos según su función en la oración.

En función de artículodeterminativo del sujeto
Gramaticalmente funciona como un artículo determinativo del sustantivo al que acompaña, por lo tanto siempre va antes del objeto.
Ejemplos:
My car is blue. (Mi coche es azul.)
Hishouse is big. (Su casa es grande.)
En función de pronombre
Gramaticalmente funciona como un pronombre en función de complemento directo.
Ejemplos:
The blue car is mine. (El coche azul es mío.)...