Whats the difference bewteen nuestras and nuestros

Question

Answer 1

Nuestros ........ Ours (group of masculine & feminine things or only masculine things belonging to us) posessive

Nuestras ...... Ours (group of feminine things only belonging to us) posessive

Estas rosas son nuestras

Estos coches son nuestros

Estos árboles y plantas son nuestros

(Nuestros/as has nothing to do with the gender of the posessor)

Edited for clarity and my terrible spelling, but the examples are correct

use in a sentence please - jizzy2k, Nov 21, 2010

changed possive to possessive...twice...I'm pretty sure it was a typo. - webdunce, Nov 21, 2010

Thanks, webdunce; I just cleaned it up - 005faa61, Nov 21, 2010

Answer 2

Whats the difference bewteen nuestras and nuestros

The gender of the noun modified by nuestors/nuestras.

Answer 3

The use of nuestras/nuestros depends on the subject of the sentence. The examples that Julian gave are all correct. However, if we were in a group of either men or women, we would still say: Estas rosas son nuestras.

Depends on the noun modified (which may, or may not be the subject of the sentence). - samdie, Nov 21, 2010

Answer 4

Can you confirm that please. I always thought that possessive pronouns agreed in number and gender with the objects owned, not the owner.

Ej: Por favor, dénos nuestros pasaportes y nuestras maletas.

You are correct, but I don't see anyone saying otherwise, really. You may have misunderstood one of the other comments (or maybe I did). - webdunce, Nov 21, 2010

Ah, I see the response has subsequently been edited. - dave0710, Nov 22, 2010

Answer 5

I think Julian may be incorrect

You are, of course, entitled to your opinion but ... - samdie, Nov 21, 2010