You already know how to use possessive adjectives before a noun, like in 'mi casa' for 'my house'. In this deck, you'll learn how to say 'mine', 'yours', and so on, to show ownership without repeating the noun. These are called possessive pronouns.

Let's start with 'mine'. In Spanish, this is 'mío'. Unlike in English, it changes to match the gender and number of the item you're talking about. For a masculine singular item like 'el libro', you say 'es mío'. For a feminine singular item like 'la mesa', you say 'es mía'.

For plural items, 'mine' becomes 'míos' for masculine things and 'mías' for feminine things. For example, 'los bolígrafos son míos' means 'the pens are mine', and 'las sillas son mías' means 'the chairs are mine'.