Learn to use possessive adjectives
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| Hi everyone |
| I'm Felice |
| Ciao a tutti, sono Felice |
| welcome to the Italian Whiteboard Lessons! |
| In this lesson you'll learn how to use possessive adjectives |
| let's get started! |
| Qual è il tuo hobby? |
| In the first part of the sentence we have |
| Qual è |
| meaning |
| what is |
| then we have the possessive adjective ""il tuo"" |
| meaning ""your"" |
| next is the noun |
| hobby |
| literally |
| what is your hobby |
| meaning |
| what is your hobby? |
| Let's look at the formation |
| Definitive article |
| il |
| possessive adjective |
| tuo |
| noun |
| hobby |
| As you'll see in a moment |
| Italian has a lot more possessives than English |
| this is because the gender and number of the noun possessed |
| is what determines which form to use |
| for example, |
| let's take my hobby |
| hobby in Italian is a masculine singular noun |
| so you should use the masculine singular form of the possessive |
| my |
| and that is |
| il mio |
| let's see all the different forms of the possessive adjectives |
| wow! |
| My |
| il mio |
| la mia |
| I mie |
| le mie |
| YOUR |
| il tuo |
| la tue |
| i tuoi |
| le tua |
| HIS/HER |
| il suo |
| la sua |
| i suoi |
| le sue |
| your, formal |
| il suo |
| la sua |
| i suoi |
| le sue |
| our |
| il nostro |
| la nostra |
| i nostri |
| le nostre |
| your, formal |
| il vostro |
| la vostra |
| i vostri |
| le vostre |
| their |
| il loro |
| la loro |
| i loro |
| le loro |
| Let's look at the dialogue |
| when I read I want you to pay attention to the possessive adjectives, |
| find them and see how they are used in the dialogues |
| era tua macchina? |
| is it your car? |
| sì, è la mia macchina! |
| yes, it's my car |
| now let's look at some speaking examples |
| Isabella e Asia sono le mie figlie |
| Isabella and Asia are my daughters |
| il suo indirizzo email, per favore |
| your email address, please |
| lui è mio figlio Giuseppe |
| he is my son Giuseppe |
| the articles il or la are omitted |
| when referring to family members in the singular |
| mio figlio Giuseppe |
| mio figlio |
| il |
| ciao ciao |
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