ive Adjectives= are--

+-------------------------+----------------------------+
|Mi (_m._ & _f., sing._) |my |
|Mis (_m._ & _f., plu._) |my |
|Tu (_m._ & _f., sing._) |thy |
|Tus (_m._ & _f., plu._) |thy |
|Su (_m._ & _f., sing._) |his, her, its, one's, their,|
| | your, (_polite_) |
|Sus (_m._ & _f., plu._) |his, her, its, one's, their,|
| | your, (_polite_) |
|Nuestro-a, os-a |our |
|Vuestro-a, os-as |your (_familiar_) |
+-------------------------+----------------------------+

EXAMPLES--

Mi embarque: My shipment.
Nuestro arreglo: Our arrangement.
Su sinceridad: His, her, or their sincerity.
Tu beneficio: Thy benefit.
Sus fondos: His funds, capital.

_De el, de ella, de ellos, de V._, etc., may be added for the sake of
clearness, but are not needed when the sense is clear without them.[88]

In the 3rd person (but not in the 1st and 2nd) instead of "su ... de
el," "su ... de V.," etc., we may say "el ... de el," "el ... de V.,"
etc.

[Footnote 88: "De V." is added also for politeness ("V." being a title in
itself--your grace).]

The =Possessive Pronouns= are--

El mio, la mia, los mios, las mias (mine).
El tuyo, la tuya, los tuyos, las tuyas (thine).
El suyo, la suya, los suyos, las suyas (his, hers, theirs, yours,
_polite_).
El nuestro, la nuestra, los nuestros, las nuestras (ours).
El vuestro, la vuestra, los vuestros, las vuestras (yours _familiar_).

The Possessive Pronoun must be preceded by the definite article except
when it follows the verb "to be" ("Ser") and ownership is asserted.

EXAMPLES--

Su casa es mas importante que la mia: His firm is more important than
mine.

V. ha acabado su trabajo, pero yo no he principiado el mio: You have
finished your work, but I have not started mine.

Estos titulos y acciones son mios: These bonds and shares are mine
(viz., belong to me).[89]

[Footnote 89: If the intention is only _to distinguish_ between one
object and another the article is maintained; as, Estas son mis acciones,
_aquellas_ son las de V. (these are my shares, _those_ are yours).]

=Possessive Adjectives Emphatic=. If any emphasis is placed on the
possessive adjectives, the forms of the possessive pronouns are used,
_following the noun_, as--

Quie