mías

Mías is the feminine plural form of the Spanish possessive pronoun corresponding to the first-person singular, meaning mine. It functions as a pronoun rather than a determinant and is used to indicate that something belongs to the speaker when the noun it refers to is feminine and plural.

In usage, mías appears when the noun is understood or already mentioned, and it can stand alone after a verb or as part of a noun phrase with an article, such as las mías. It is the feminine plural counterpart to míos (masculine plural) and tuyas, suyas, and so on. Unlike the possessive adjectives (mi, tu, su, nuestro, vuestro), which always precede a noun, mía and its plural form mías are used as pronouns after the noun is implied or in response to a question about ownership.

Examples:

- La casa es mía. (The house is mine.)

- Estas llaves son mías. (These keys are mine.)

- ¿De quién son estas cosas? Las mías. (Whose things are these? Mine.)

Etymology and relation to other forms:

- Mías derives from mío, itself from Latin meus. The form changes to agree with feminine plural reference.

- The corresponding masculine plural pronoun is míos; the singular feminine pronoun is mía.

Notes:

- Accent on the i is mandatory to distinguish mías from any potential non-words and to indicate the correct stress.

- In casual speech, speakers may use other possessive constructions (mi, tus, sus) before nouns, but mías specifically serves as a stand-alone pronoun for feminine plural ownership.

See also:

- Spanish possessive pronouns

- Spanish possessive adjectives

- Comparison with míos, tuyas, suyas