#possessives

Error feels affectionate feelings for Ink but he can't say it and asks Ink to realize this but that day will take a while or it won't happen

But error is slowly becoming a Yandere by ink, first symptoms: thoughts of questioning "Why can't ink be his?"

Second: extreme jealousy

Last: a crazy Yandere wanting Ink for himself, he would never be crazy enough to hurt Ink

(It's just a thought of error, ink not really there)

Error:I'm disgusted by those who manage to have Ink for themselves, but I deserve to have Ink for myself, I will make he To be mine

(Without the shadows)

Error: Tell me why he can't be mine?,It doesn't matter, I'll have him for myself, he'll be mine and only mine.

Error Yandere au(coming soon) by me

Ink @comyet

todays gmm at 5:30

A different anon (I think) also asked:  when do you "mía/o" instead of "mi"?

So I’ll be merging these two since they’re pretty much the same idea, but before I begin, el libro es suyo or el libro es tuyo is the only correct one. It wouldn’t be feminine in this case.

Alright, so before I begin let me just say that in Spanish there are certain adjectives that are known as “determiners”. All that really means in this context for Spanish is that there are some adjectives that always go in front of the noun, and they’re usually question words, things talking about amounts, quality (often good/bad), demonstratives, possessives, and a handful of other adjectives.

One of the sets of adjectives we’re talking about now are “possessives” because you “possess” them and they belong to you. In case systems this would be very closely related to the genitive case.

But anyway let’s start with the adjectives that are determiners:

mi(s) = my

tu(s) = your

su(s) = his / hers / Yours / theirs

nuestro/a, nuestros/nuestras = our

vuestro/a, vuestros/vuestras = your [belonging to “you all”; only used in Spain]

Discounting vuestro/a which you’d only see in Spain, where it means “belonging to vosotros” which would be “you all (informal)”...

You primarily have four different possessives.

mi, tu, and su can be done in plural for mis, tus, sus ...but they won’t change for the gender of the adjectives. This is important.

nuestro/a is different so it will change for gender and singularity or plurality

For expressions of possession like this, you typically see them expressed with ser, or they can show up just as simple adjectives in longer sentences.

Es mi libro. = It’s my bookSon mis libros. = They’re my books.Es mi chaqueta. = It’s my jacket.Son mis chaquetas. = They’re my jackets.

Es tu juego. = It’s your game.Son tus juegos. = They’re your games.Es tu opinión. = It’s your opinion.Son tus opiniones. = They’re your opinions.

Es su instrumento. = It’s their instrument.Son sus instrumentos. = They’re their instruments. Es su casa. = It’s their house.Son sus casas. = They’re their houses.

The important thing to note about su is that it’s the same for any 3rd person. In context, it could be translated as “his” or “hers” or belonging to usted, or it could be for plural ellos, ellas, or ustedes. That’s all su(s)

I’ll come back to nuestro/a in a minute.

Next we have the adjectives of possession that go AFTER the noun. These follow the regular guidelines for Spanish in that nouns go first and adjectives normally follow them.

mío/a = of mine

tuyo/a = of yours

suyo/a = of his / hers / Yours / theirs

nuestro/a = of ours

vuestro/a = of yours

While you might see mi or mis as “my”, you typically see mío/a or míos/mías as “mine” or “of mine”

El libro es mío. = The book is mine.Es el libro mío. = That’s MY book. [lit. “it’s the book of mine”; emphatic]Es mío. = It’s mine.La chaqueta es mía. = The jacket is mine.Es la chaqueta mía. = That’s MY jacket.Es mía. = It’s mine.

This also works for plural:

Los libros son míos. = The books are mine.Son los libros míos. = Those are MY books. [emphatic]Son míos. = They’re mine.

Las chaquetas son mías. = The jackets are mine.Son las chaquetas mías. = They’re MY jackets. [emphatic]Son mías. = They’re mine.

These change for gender and singularity/plurality like most adjectives.

As for nuestro/a, it kind of works the same as above, just that depending on how it’s read it will be in different places:

Es nuestro vecino. = It’s our neighbor.Es (un) vecino nuestro. = It’s a neighbor of ours.

Es nuestra vecina. = It’s our neighbor.Es (una) vecina nuestra. = It’s a neighbor of ours.

Son nuestros vecinos. = They’re our neighbors.Son (unos) vecinos nuestros. = They’re neighbors of ours.

Son nuestras vecinas. = They’re our neighbors.Son (unas) vecinas nuestras. = They’re neighbors of ours.

As is the case for ellos/ellas rules... in this context vecinos could be “neighbors” as in multiple male neighbors, or a group of male and female neighbors. And vecinas could only be a group of female neighbors.

Put all together you see things like this:

Hablo con mi amigo. = I’m talking to my friend.Hablo con un amigo mío. = I’m talking to a friend of mine.Hablo con mis amigos. = I’m talking to my friends.Hablo con unos amigos míos. = I’m talking to some friends of mine.

¿Es tu amiga? = Is she your friend?¿Es amiga tuya? = Is she a friend of yours?¿Son tus amigas? = Are they your friends? [f]¿Son amigas tuyas? = Are they friends [f] of yours?

Es su amigo. = It’s their friend. [or “he’s their friend”]Es (un) amigo suyo. = He’s a friend of theirs.Son sus amigos. = It’s their friends. [or “they’re their friends”]Son (unos) amigos suyos. = They’re friends of theirs.

Es su amiga. = It’s their friend. [or “she’s their friend”]Es (una) amiga suya. = She’s a friend of theirs.Son sus amigas. = It’s their friends. [or “they’re their friends”]Son (unas) amigas suyas. = They’re friends of theirs.

Visito a nuestro amigo. = I’m visiting our friend.Visito a nuestra amiga. = I’m visiting our friend. [f]Visito a nuestros amigos. = I’m visiting our friends.Visito a nuestras amigas. = I’m visiting our friends. [f]

Visito a un amigo nuestro. = I’m visiting a friend of ours.Visito a una amiga nuestra. = I’m visiting a friend of ours. [f]Visito a unos amigos nuestros. = I’m visiting some friends of ours.Visito a unas amigas nuestras. = I’m visiting some friends of ours. [f]

Again, su and suyo/a are dependent on who the implied person is.

It could be that es un amigo suyo reads as “it’s a friend of his” or “it’s a friend of hers” or in polite conversation “it’s a friend of yours” because usted... or it’s plural, es un amigo suyo “it’s a friend of theirs” where it could be referring to ellos/ellas

The important thing to note is that mi, tu, su don’t change for gender, only singularity/plurality.

And mío/a, tuyo/a, suyo/a change for the gender OF THE NOUN, and also change for singularity/plurality. The same goes for nuestro/a regardless of if it’s in front or not.

Or in other words... regardless of your own gender it would be:

Es mi tío. = He’s my uncle.Es uno de mis tíos. = He’s one of my uncles.Es un tío mío. = He’s an uncle of mine.

Es mi tía. = She’s my aunt.Es una de mis tías. = She’s one of my aunts.Es una tía mía. = She’s an aunt of mine.

The adjective refers to the noun, so regardless of what YOUR gender is, whether you use mío or mía would depend on if you’re talking about a male or a female.

A good way to keep it straight is to remember this expression:

¡Dios mío! / ¡Ay Dios mío! = My God! / Oh my God!

God or “Dios” is always male. So even a woman would say ay Dios mío because the mío refers to “God” not the woman.

Similarly - and this is more of a Spain expression but:

¡Madre mía! = Oh wow! / Oh my gosh!

It’s an expression of surprise but it’s literally “mother of mine”. Because la madre is feminine, it will always be madre mía 

And there’s also el padrenuestro which is the “our father” prayer that goes:

Padre nuestro, que estás en los cielos = Our Father, who art in heaven

Again, el padre is masculine so it will always be padre nuestro... hence the noun el padrenuestro.

It’s also important to note that you can mix and match the possessives depending on context. Normally mi/tu/su in front of the noun is common, while mío/tuyo/suyo following the noun is more emphatic like you’re drawing attention to it... sort of like you just all caps said MINE or YOURS or something.

No es mi libro, es el tuyo. = That’s not my book, it’s yours.

¿Es tu amigo? Cualquier amigo tuyo es amigo mío. = Is he your friend? Any friend of yours is a friend of mine.

No es su responsabilidad, es mía, solo mía. Y puedo hacerlo solo sin su ayuda. = It’s not their/Your responsibility, it’s mine, just mine. And I can do it alone without their/Your help.

Es mi responsabilidad, no la tuya. No quiero tu opinión. Métete en tus asuntos. = It’s my responsibility, not yours. I don’t want your opinion. Mind your business.Es mi responsabilidad, no la tuya. No quiero tu opinión. Métete en lo tuyo. = It’s my responsibility, not yours. I don’t want your opinion. Mind your business.

Todo tuyo. = “It’s all yours.” / “Go right ahead.” / “It’s all you.”

Eso es cosa tuya. = “That’s up to you.” / “That depends on you.”

I've been in an LDR for 3 years now and tonight, when my Dom sent me the usual "goodnight" text, he wrote "Good night, my little slut". Five innocent (ok, maybe not so innocent) words. A simple text yet when he first sent that same text some years ago, my heart was racing and a knot made its home in my throat. At first, I couldn't understand why. I think some unconscious part deep inside of me got it before the conscious part did.

He had called me his.

I was left speechless which, if you know me well enough, is quite a hard thing to do. Hands shaking, I replied, for the first time, with a "Goodnight, my owner".

Now, after a long time, I sit down and look inwards to find the answer to those alien feelings such a short text elicited in me.

It hadn't been the "slut" or even the "little slut", a pet name he had never used before and that felt so sweet at the moment. He had called me his.

Why would a possessive pronoun have such a powerful effect on me? Now the answer seems so clear. After years of people making me feel alone and like I was a waste of space, someone, HE had deemed me worthy enough to declare that I belonged to him. I was not alone anymore and I had finally found my place.

I never asked why he suddenly decided to call me his, I didn't dare. Then again I suppose it wasn't so sudden as we had shared many, many stories, laughs, feelings and, of course, nudes and sexy moments with each other. I had been his from a long time, only I hadn't realized it and even less acknowledged it. But he did, without me even asking.

Maybe one day I'll be brave enough to ask him about it, about that text and his feelings about it. Hopefully.

Hey there!! c: 

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There are actually 3 ways to mark possessives in Norwegian:

#1. Using the “s” as one would in English

“Det er Oles bok.” - “It’s Ole’s book.”“Er det Oles bok?” - “Is it Ole’s book?”

*!! - there is no added apostrophe in Norwegian - you simply add the “s” to the name - UNLESS the name/noun already ends on a “s”(or “x” or “z” - but those letters are quite rare in Norwegian), in which case you’d add an apostrophe at the end just like you’d do in English. Also, you can not use this when you’re talking about yourself - just like how you can’t say “mine’s” in English.

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#2. Using sin/sitt/si/sine (you could say that the “s” in #1 is an abbreviated version of this)

“Det er Ole sin/si bok.”  - “It’s Ole’s book.”“Er det Ole sin/si bok?” - “Is it Ole’s book?”

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#3. Using the preposition “til” 

“Det er boken til Ole.” - “It’s Ole’s book.” (lit. “It’s the book of Ole.”)“Er det boken til Ole?” - “Is it Ole’s book?” (lit. “Is it the book of Ole?”)

*!! - if you use this method, the noun and name has to switch positions + the noun must be in its definite form. And once again - you can’t use this when talking about yourself. Whenever you’re talking about your own possession, you should simply say “min/mi/mitt/mine”. 

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I’d say all three are pretty common - so just use the one you prefer c:

...when you see ‘s appended to the end of a word, it means one of two things:

that it is talking about ownership

that the sentence would make perfect sense if you cross out ‘s and replace it with the word is