How to put in the right word
Would someone please help me to understand. My directions are to put the correct word in the blank. " La hermana de Mi madre es mi -----------" I translate this into ( My mothers sister is my la tia) , Would this be correct when do I put masculine form in front of my words, or how do I know to turn it into plural? The example was Los padres de Mi madre son mis abuelos, was the word abuelos used because of the "los and padres"
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Well done, tía is the correct answer, you don't however need the definite article 'the' (la) because you have already used the possessive adjective 'my' (mi).
Correct: La hermana de mi madre es mi tía.
The sister of my mother is my aunt.
Incorrect: La hermana de mi madre es mi la tía.
The sister of my mother is my 'the' aunt.
So for this exercise it looks like you are learning about the possessive adjectives and how they change from singular to plural depending on what is possessed.
'Mi' tía - my aunt
but
'Mis' abuelos - my grandparents
(Mis abuelos has nothing to do with anything else in the sentence that's just how you say 'my grandparents' - if you said 'mi abuelo' that would mean 'my grandad' and if you said 'mi abuela' that would mean 'my grandmother'.)
These possessive adjectives, mi, tu and su only have singular or plural forms but they don't have masculine or feminine forms.
Mi abuelo. My grandfather.
Mi abuela. My grandmother.
Tu hermano. Your brother.
Tu hermana. Your sister.
Su amigo. Your/his/her friend.
Su amiga. Your/his/her friend.
