Possessive Adjectives

Spanish Possessive Adjective

Possessive adjectives let us know who possesses what.

Examples of the possessive adjectives in English are:

• my
• your
• his 
• her

Examples of these look like this:

• That's my tiramisu
• Yes, it's your tiramisu
• Are you sure it is not her tiramisu

The Spanish possessive adjectives are tu mi su ( sounds a lot like tiramisu)

Masculine Nouns

Spanish nouns that end in  -aje -an -or and -ambre are masculine

A few examples are:
el equipaje
el amor
el  pan
el hambre


Coincidentally, a good man should take care of  your luggage, love, bread, and hunger.



To use a poor representation of this, think of a Buddha ( a masculine archetype for peace lovers) meditating and for his mantra he can't decide between OHM or AHH. As a result it sounds like, "OM (ambre) and (an) or (or)  AHH (aje).

Unexpected Masculine Spanish Nouns

Most of the time,  Spanish nouns ending with the letter A are feminine. The exception is when the noun ends in MA, PA, or TA.  If the noun has one of these endings, there is a good chance the word is masculine. Therefore,  the following  Spanish words require masculine articles:

el tema

el planeta

el mapa

As luck would have it MA PA TA can easily be shortened  to MPT...which sounds like EMPTY......which can be associated with masculinity.