11.8 Double genitive
Notice the expressions a friend of mine (un amigo mío/una amiga mía), a cousin of Tom's (un primo/una prima de Tom). In English we cannot say a friend of me, a cousin of Tom, etc.
 | A cousin of mine lives in California.
(Un primo mío/una prima mía vive en California.) |
| I met a flatmate of yours at the market.
(Conocí a uno de tus compañeros de piso en el mercado.) |
| Were there many friends of theirs at the talk?
(¿Había muchos de sus amigos en la charla?) |
| Is this song a favourite of yours?
(¿Esta canción es una de tus preferidas?) |
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