Right answer: su gato
These sentences are a good example of the usage of the possessive adjectives in spanish.
The possessive adjectives indicate belonging (that someone or something belongs to the noun in the sentence).
In Spanish, there are two kinds of possessive adjectives:
-Atonic possessive adjective, they are written before the noun they modify
, as follows:
1st person singular Yo (I): mi/mis
2nd person singular Tú (you): tu/tus
2nd person singular (formal) Usted (you): su/sus
3rd person singular Él/Ella/eso/esa (he/she/it): su
1st person plural Nosotros (we):nuestro/nuestra or nuestros/nuestras
2nd person plural Ustedes (you) (In latinAmerica): su/sus
2nd person plural Vosotros (you) (In Spain): vuestro/vuestra or vuestros/vuestras
3rd person plural Ellos/Ellas (They): su/sus
(when the noun is plural)
For example: su gato (your cat), may correspond to the second person in singular (formal) usted (you) and the noun gato(cat) is in singular masculine.
-Tonic possessive adjectives, they are written after the noun they modify, as follows:
1st person singular Yo (I): mío/mía or míos/mías
2nd person singular Tú (you): tuyo/tuya or tuyos/tuyas
2nd person singular (formal) Usted (you): suyo/suya or suyos/suyas
3rd person singular Él/Ella/eso/esa (he/she/it): suyo/suya
1st person plural Nosotros (we):nuestro/nuestra or nuestros/nuestras
2nd person plural Ustedes (you) (In latinAmerica): suyos/suyas
2nd person plural Vosotros (you) (In Spain): vuestro/vuestra or vuestros/vuestras
3rd person plural Ellos/Ellas (They): suyos/suyas
(when the noun is plural)
For example: el gato suyo (your cat), may correspond to the second person in singular (formal) usted (you) and the noun gato(cat) is in singular masculine.
