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la palabra "their" se utiliza solo cuando hay mas de dos personas o también cuando hay una, Por ejemplo: Si hay una niña con varios caballos como se dice "they´re her horses " or "they´re their horses". En qué situaciones de respuestas como "Estos son sus caballos" "estos son sus pollos" etc
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Hola China,
El adjetivo de posesión "their" puede significar o su o sus:
Por ejemplo:
She watched their horses - los caballos de ellos, sus caballos.
She watched their horse - el caballo de ellos, su caballo.
El llave es que los que tienen posesión ha de ser en plural.
PERO, tambien puede refier a una persona indefinida:
Whoever called did not leave their number - La persona que llamó no dejó su teléfono.
En este caso nota que "their" es singular, pero refiere a una persona indefinida.
Espero que mi español sea suficientemente claro.
Tambien: Nota que, en tu ejemplo, "they're" no es lo mismo como "their", aunque suena lo mismo. "They're" es una contracción de "they are."
they're=hay they're (son, están)
their=(su, sus, de ellos, de ellas)
You do not say their when the antecedent is: she/ella (her) or he/él (his). Their refers to (they/ellos/ellas)
I don't wish to confuse you, but there are usages of they when referring to an anonymous, single person of unknown sex. Only in such a context could their refer to a single person. In other words if we don't know if it is a his or her, sometimes their is used. This is a specialized exception. Their usually is used with two or more people.
Someone left their magazine on the desk. (their is a single anonymous person of unknown sex. We do not know if it is her or his magazine.) But if we do know the person's sex, then their would be incorrect. You do not say, María left their watch on the bathroom sink.
Then can one say . Los caballos de ella. - Her horses.
Los caballos sus. - Their horses ?
