Possessive Adjectives. Possessive Adjective + Noun. Examples: My dog is big. Her cat is brown. Their sister works downtown. Possessive Pronouns. Noun + Possessive Pronoun. Examples: The dog is mine. The brown cat is hers. The car is ours. Possessive adjectives go before the noun and possessive pronouns go after the noun. Here are some examples The possessive adjective always comes before the noun which is "owned," just like in English. Note that when a possessive replaces a noun altogether (yours, his, hers, etc.), it's a pronoun, not an adjective. French adjectives change to reflect the gender and number of the noun they're describing. Now you can introduce the possessive adjectives 'my', 'your', 'his', and 'her'. It is best to stay away from 'its' at this point. You can work on getting students to know each other by using their names for this exercise, before going on to objects. Teacher: ( Model a question to yourself changing places in the room, or changing your voice to 2. Using Possessive Pronouns and Adjectives. A possessive pronoun is used instead of a noun: Julie's car is red. Mine is blue. A possessive adjective is usually used to describe a noun, and it comes before it, like other adjectives: My car is bigger than her car. Remember: There are no apostrophes in possessive pronouns and adjectives. The difference between the two is that the adjective is always attached to a noun, while pronouns are used on their own. The pronouns also refer to something that has already been mentioned The most commonly used possessive pronouns are mine, yours, his, hers, its, ours, and theirs. These pronouns can be used to replace a noun or noun phrase that has already been mentioned in a sentence. For example, instead of saying "The book belongs to John," you can say "The book is his.". That car is mine. the possessive adjectives " su " and " sus " can translate as his, her, your (formal), and their. The English word " your " has multiple Spanish equivalents, depending on the number of owners and the number of possessions: tu, vuestro/a, su (formal), tus, vuestros/as, sus (formal). For plural nouns, the possessive adjectives add the A possessive adjective is an adjective that is used to show ownership. It comes before a noun in the sentence and lets us know to whom the noun belongs. While many cases of ownership are shown with possessive nouns (Karen's, children's), these possessive adjectives are not nouns and are not formed by adding an apostrophe + s.. The following words are possessive adjectives: grb0dGO.