KS3 · Spanish · Year 7
Possessions: number agreement on 'mi' and 'tu'
Describing people and possessions: 'mi' and 'tu'
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Your learning goal
I can talk about belongings using plural possessive adjectives.
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I can talk about belongings using plural possessive adjectives.
Key learning points
- The SSC [n] is pronounced as in the word 'mano'.
- The SSC [ñ] is pronounced as in the word 'español'.
- The possessive adjective 'mis' is used before plural nouns and it means 'my'.
- The possessive adjective 'tus' is used before plural nouns and it means 'your'.
Words to know
- possessive adjectives
- show who something belongs to
- mis
- plural possessive adjective meaning 'my'
- tus
- plural possessive adjective meaning 'your'
Common mistakes
There is only one word for 'your' in Spanish and that is 'tu'.
In Spanish, if the possessive adjective 'your' comes before a singular or uncountable noun, we say 'tu', but if it comes before a plural noun we say 'tus'.
For parents, carers and teachers
- In activity A2, the teacher might want to ask students to work in pairs. One pupil reads the sentence and another pupil translates. Then, they swap so that each pupil has a chance to read and translate.