Possessive adjectives in Spanish

poss   Mon Feb 08, 2010 2:01 am GMT
How does one know when to use mi+noun vs. noun+mio?
Gate-crasher   Tue Feb 09, 2010 3:01 am GMT
It should be pretty obvious to English speakers:

This is my girlfriend. Esta és mi novia. (possessive adjectives)
This book is mine. Este libro és mío. (possessive pronoun)

Not that difficult, unless you're coming from a Portuguese background, where that distinction was lost.
eivora   Tue Feb 09, 2010 7:44 am GMT
Italian also ignores the distinction:
. il mio libro
. questo libro è mio