Usa mine en lugar de my + una cosa cuando no vuelves a nombrar la cosa.
mine en lugar de my
This is my book. → This book is mine.
Not "This book is my." — say "This book is mine.". No hay nada después, así que usa mine.
Pruébalo: Man: Nice umbrella! Is it new? Woman: Oh, it isn't ___. It's my sister's. Elige lo que dice la mujer. (hers / mine / theirs) Respuesta: mine — El paraguas es de su hermana, así que no es mine.
Los pronombres posesivos: mine, yours, his, hers, ours, theirs
Estos son los possessive pronouns (pronombres posesivos): I → mine, you → yours, he → his, she → hers, we → ours, they → theirs. No llevan apóstrofo: yours, no your's.
Those shoes are hers.
That house is ours.
The blue towels are theirs.
Pruébalo: Woman: Are these your parents' bikes? Man: Yes, they're ___. Elige lo que dice el hombre. (ours / his / theirs) Respuesta: theirs — Las bicis son de sus papás, así que son theirs.
Preguntar de quién es: Whose is this? It's mine.
Pregunta con Whose para saber de quién es algo: Whose is this? Whose bike is that? Responde con mine, yours, his, hers, ours, theirs.
Whose is this? It's mine.
Whose bike is that? It's his.
Pruébalo: Woman: ___ phone is this? It was on my chair. Man: Not mine. I think it's the new girl's. Elige lo que dice la mujer. (Whose / Who's / Who) Respuesta: Whose — Ella pregunta de quién es, así que dice Whose.
Nada después
No pongas la cosa (phone, book, car) después de mine, yours, hers, ours, theirs. Para nombrar la cosa, usa my, your, her, our, their.
It's my phone. = The phone is mine.
Not "This is mine phone." — say "This is my phone.". Después viene una cosa, así que usa my.
Pruébalo: Man: Is that your car, or your brother's? Woman: It's my brother's. ___ is the blue one. Elige lo que dice la mujer. (My / Theirs / Mine) Respuesta: Mine — Quiere decir my car, sin nada después, así que dice Mine.