Why can you say: No es tu perro, es el mío?

Question

I don't understand how this makes sense. Wouldn't you say: No es tu perro, es lo mío? Why is it el mío? Me hace un poquito confudida, ayudame, por favor. ¡Le doy gracias por su ayuda!

Fine Spanish phrasing in your question. Well done! - 0057ed01, Dec 16, 2009

Answer 1

Here, "mío" needs an article, hence: "el."

"Lo" is a pronoun.

Oh, ya veo! Gracias! - june10, Dec 16, 2009

Answer 2

Why would you use lo? To mean it? It is implied in es. Es = "it is" in the sentence. "el mío" = mine. No es tu perro (It is ="es" not = "no" your = "tu" dog = "perro"...It is not your dog. It is = "es" mine = "el mío". It is mine.)

Why do I bother....I guess I just don't type fast enough. - jeezzle, Dec 16, 2009

Well, I haven't really learned that yet, sorry. So I didn't know that "el mio" is used to mean "mine." In Spanish class we're just learning future tense, my teacher hasn't taught us this yet. - june10, Dec 16, 2009

Also, the only reason I'm asking this is to enhance my understanding of the language, because I like learning Spanish outside a classroom setting. - june10, Dec 16, 2009

I didn't mean "why do I bother helping if your not gonna understand it" I mean "why do I bother helping when I never get seem to get a vote" - jeezzle, Dec 16, 2009

Oh, ok! Lo siento! - june10, Dec 16, 2009

No problem. Thanks for the vote. - jeezzle, Dec 16, 2009

But now I understand it, yay!! Yours helped too, but the other one was posted first. . .so yeah, I picked that one. Sorry! - june10, Dec 16, 2009

Let me explain the voting system...There is a blue box to the left that can vote for an answer. In addition to this you can also choose the best answer. Even if the answer is not best you can still vote for it. - jeezzle, Dec 16, 2009

Oh, ok. I'll vote for you! - june10, Dec 16, 2009

Thank you very much. I hope to help you again in the near future. - jeezzle, Dec 16, 2009

¡Aquí está tu gana! (Does this make sense?) - june10, Dec 16, 2009

I voted, too. I've often voted for your questions and answers. With a 2.9k, I'd say you have a lot of fans, too! - 0057ed01, Dec 16, 2009