📖LearnModule 1 · Lesson 18 of 30Basic User · CEFR A1, first halfUnit 4 · Me and my family
Mi and mis — my
Module 1 of the free Spanish course (CEFR A1, first half), lesson 18 of 30: Unlike el/la, Spanish "my" only asks how many: mi for one thing, mis for several, mi madre. On this page: 8 words with their genders and respellings, the rule, a watch-out line and the audio — the study notes behind the workbook's QR.
The words
Spanish
English
Say it
mi
my (one thing)
mee
mis
my (several things)
mees
tu
your (one thing)
too
tus
your (several things)
toos
mi hermano
my brother
mee ehr-MAH-noh
mi madre
my mother
mee MAH-dreh
mis abuelos
my grandparents
mees ah-BWEH-lohs
mis amigos
my friends
mees ah-MEE-gohs
Respellings follow the course’s say-it key; the stressed syllable is in capitals. Print this lesson’s flashcards (PDF) — the words on the front, the English and respelling on the back.
Hear the words
Each word is read twice — say it back in the gap. Computer-generated voice; credits on the course page.
La regla · The rule
Unlike el/la, Spanish "my" only asks how many: mi for one thing, mis for several — mi madre, mis padres. One rule, no exceptions, usable in your first breath.
Y también · And also
Your (friend-form) works the same way: tu and tus. The accent is doing real work: tú with the accent means "you"; tu without it means "your". ¿Tú tienes tu libro? — both in one sentence.
Ojo · Watch out
mi and mis do not change for gender: mi padre, mi madre. Only the count changes them — mi hermano, mis hermanos.
Do it now — on paper
Say all 8 words aloud twice from the respelling, then once from the Spanish spelling alone — begin with mi.
Copy every word with its accents on paper; then cover the English column and write each meaning back from the Spanish.
Write two sentences of your own that get the watch-out line right, then the two practice pages of workbook lesson 18 in Module 1 are the written half of this page.
This free course is the reading half. The writing half — write-in lessons, daily practice pages with built-in review, self-checks and a full answer key — is the companion workbook series, The Spanish Ladder: one workbook per module, fifteen in all, released band by band with the Basic band (Modules 1–5) first.
Keep these words
Turn this lesson’s words into flashcards, then space your reviews — the two habits the research behind our study guides backs hardest.