tu casa
/tu kasa/from spelling rules
The English phrase "your house" is translated into Spanish as tu casa.
The phrase is used to refer to the place where a person lives that belongs to the person being spoken to.
Which one should you use?
Use su casa instead of tu casa when speaking to someone using the formal "usted". Additionally, the phrase La casa de usted serves as a formal way to express "your house" using the possessive pronoun "de usted".
How does it change in a sentence?
To say "your houses" in the plural, both the possessive adjective and the noun must be pluralized, resulting in tus casas.
Did you know?
- In many Spanish-speaking cultures, when a host invites you into su casa, they are not just inviting you to a building, but are symbolically inviting you into their personal sphere of hospitality and protection.
- The Spanish word casa descends from the Latin word for 'cottage' or 'hut', rather than the word for a grand manor.
- If you are speaking to a single person in a formal setting, using su casa can sometimes be ambiguous because 'su' also means 'his' or 'her'.
Examples in context
- ¿Esa es tu casa?Is that your house?This example is useful for asking if a specific building is tu casa.Tatoeba #1419079 by marcelostockle, translation #773423 by marloncori
- Esta es tu casa.This is your house.This example is useful for identifying that a building is tu casa.Tatoeba #2051438 by Shishir, translation #761475 by Shishir
- No voy a tu casa.I'm not going to your house.This example is useful for stating that you are not traveling to tu casa.Tatoeba #1474729 by marcelostockle, translation #773451 by marloncori
- Por favor, ¿puede indicarme dónde está su casa?Please, can you tell me where your house is?
- El jardinero está cuidando la casa de ustedThe gardener is taking care of your house
- ¿Vamos a tu casa después del cine?Shall we go to your house after the movies?
- ¿Cuál es el tamaño de su casa?What is the size of your house?
- Invité a todos a mi casa. ¿Por qué no vienes a la tuya?I invited everyone to my house. Why don't you come to yours?
- Ojalá puedas limpiar tu casa antes de la fiesta.Hopefully, you can clean your house before the party.
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Example conversation
Lucía and Alejandro are walking through the neighborhood.
- Lucía¿Es muy grande tu casa?Is your house very big?
- AlejandroNo, es pequeña pero bonita.No, it is small but pretty.
- LucíaMe gusta mucho el color de tu casa.I really like the color of your house.
- AlejandroGracias, Lucía.Thank you, Lucía.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries casa, tu, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
