Sus or su?

Question

If I want to say, "Los mayas tuvieron sus propia cultura", do i need the s in sus or is it just su?

When you fill out your profile, I'll give you a vote. - Jubilado, May 17, 2016

Answer 1

su

If the direct object is plural, such as "propias culturas" then use sus.

Answer 2

You use "su" for singular, and "sus" for plural. The mayans had their own culture/los mayas tuvieron su propia cultura Los mayas tenían sus costumbres para el matrimonio. (The mayans has their own habits for marriage. You can omit "sus" in that phrase, when you tell that The mayans had "costumbres", that implies that the costumbres belongs to them, The mayans

Never The less, is common that some people says "sus propias costumbres" their own habits - EleRo, May 17, 2016

That's correct, is common, but not necessary. Is "reiterativo" you overexplain that you doy something. - EleRo, May 17, 2016

Answer 3

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I am going to assume you are a native English speaker so I'm going to give you a quick review of possessive pronouns in Spanish:

my = mi / mis "my thing = mi cosa / my things = mis cosas"

your (familiar singular) = tu / tus (like examples above)

our = nuestro, nuestra / nuestros, nuestras "our dog = nuestro perro / our dogs = nuestros perros | our thing = nuestra cosa / our things = nuestras cosas"

your (familiar plural) = vuestro, vuestra / vuestros, vuestras (like examples above)

his, her, it's, your (formal singular & plural), their = su / sus "his, her, it's, your, their thing = su cosa / his, her, it's, your, their things = sus cosas"

General grammar rule: In Spanish the possessive pronoun agrees in number and gender with the object / objects being possessed.

Answer 4

Me caí, and yo me caí, mean the same.