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Guidebook · Unit 5 · A2

Home & Family

Possessives, the home and Sunday lunch

  1. 1

    Mi, tu, nuestro: my, your, our

    Say my, your and our in Spanish — and make them agree with the thing, not the owner.

    • Possessives agree with the thing owned, never the owner.
    • mi / mis (my) and tu / tus (your) change only for number: mi casa, mis llaves.
    • nuestro / nuestra / nuestros / nuestras (our) and vuestro / vuestra / vuestros / vuestras (your, to a group) also change for gender.
    • In Spain, vuestro is the everyday your for two or more friends.
    • No article before the possessive: mi casa, not la mi casa.
    • tu (your) has no accent; tú (you) has one.
    Open lesson
  2. 2

    La casa: room by room

    Rooms and furniture, what a home has, and where everything is — hay or está?

    • Rooms: el salón, la cocina, el dormitorio (or la habitación), el baño, el pasillo, el balcón, el jardín.
    • City homes are mostly pisos — flats. Estoy en casa — I'm at home.
    • Tener for what a home has: El piso tiene dos dormitorios.
    • Hay — there is, there are — never changes: Hay un sofá en el salón.
    • Hay introduces something new; está / están locates something specific: ¿Dónde está el baño?
    • al lado de, enfrente de, al fondo — next to, opposite, at the end.
    Open lesson
  3. 3

    La familia: the Sunday meal

    Padre, madre, abuela and the rest of the family — at a long Spanish Sunday lunch.

    • Family pairs: padre/madre, hermano/hermana, hijo/hija, abuelo/abuela, tío/tía, primo/prima, marido/mujer.
    • Mixed groups take the masculine plural: los padres (parents), los hermanos (siblings), los hijos (children), los abuelos (grandparents).
    • Los parientes are relatives, not parents.
    • Introduce people with Este es… / Esta es…: Esta es mi madre.
    • Sunday comida starts late and ends with a long sobremesa at the table.
    • With a friend's parents, usted is the respectful choice — until they say ¡Tutéame!
    Open lesson
  4. 4

    Su, de quién: whose is it?

    One word for his, her, their and your — plus how to ask whose something is, and say it's mine.

    • Su / sus means his, her, its, their — and your with usted or ustedes.
    • It only changes for number: su casa, sus llaves.
    • When it's unclear, use de él, de ella, de ellos, de usted after the noun: la casa de ella.
    • No 's in Spanish: de + owner — el perro de Marcos.
    • Ask ¿De quién es…? — answer Es de Luana.
    • After ser, mío, tuyo, suyo, nuestro, vuestro agree with the thing: La llave es mía.
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