today we'll see how to use and form possessive adjectives in spanish in any language adjectives describe nouns to describe this house i can use the adjectives big and blue to describe this dog i can use the adjectives cute and little possessive adjectives provide a specific type of description to whom the noun belongs my big blue house or their cute little dog in english the possessive adjectives are my your his her its our your and their as usual our chart is divided into first second and third person as well as singular and plural so this your is for things that belong to you singular while this plural your is for things that belong to all of you in english we use the same word for both so it's normal if the difference isn't obvious right away now here's the equivalent chart in spanish su this chart shows that su and soos are used for the english there remember that ustedes the plural you used in spanish-speaking countries other than spain also goes in that third-person plural box in the bottom right so unless you're in spain you can use su and sus instead of vuestro it's the same for formal and singular if you would use usted with the person your will be su not the informal tu note that this tu is not a subject pronoun tul with an accent means you but this one without an accent means you're so spanish has a similar breakdown to english but it adds another layer of agreement based on the possessed thing or person singular plural and foreign gender for example to say my in spanish we have two options depending on the number of nouns that are mine if it's one or singular the word is me me hermana my sister if it's two or more so plural we add an s not only to the noun hermanas but also to the possessive adjective hermanas this goes for the rest of the possessive adjectives as well if you're talking about more than one noun you add an s to the possessive adjective for nuestro and in spain vuestro there is also gender to consider if the object you're describing is feminine change the o at the end of the word to an a amiga and like other forms we add an s for plural words whether they are masculine or feminine amigas they are our female friends ello son west ross amigos they are our male friends remember that in spanish whenever you have a mixed gender group you default to the masculine form ells son even if the majority of the group is female one last thing unlike in english you don't use possessive adjectives with body parts instead you use definite articles there's a video on those in the description but let's see an example to say my head hurts we say meduele la cabeza not micah to say brush your teeth we say lavate los dientes not tustientes ok let's practice select the correct possessive adjective in spanish for the given word then pronounce the phrase out loud pause here okay nuestras familias yo did you remember that body parts like manos take definite articles and not possessive adjectives nice job that's it for possessive adjectives in spanish you can find more language learning resources and videos like this one at lingolearner.com [Music] you