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- "Ellos son nuestros líderes."
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439
i am sorry to say but you are mistaken.
nuestro/a/os/as works the same as a pronoun and as an adective
the pronoun or adjective have to agree with the subject:
-nuestro gato es negro
-nuestra gata es negra
-nuestros gatos son negros
-nuestras gatas son negras
-el gato negro es nuestro
-la gata negra es nuestra
-los gatos negros son nuestros
-las gatas negras son nuestras
897
The word for leaders is plural. Nuestro libro, nuestros libros, nuestra mesa, nuestras mesas. As you can see nuestro (our) changes with male/female and plural/singular words. Hope that helps.
'"Ours" is the first person plural possessive pronoun - it replaces "our" + noun."' http://www.elearnenglishlanguage.com/difficulties/ours.html
844
So I thought there was a rule that the accent in a singular word is taken out when the word is pluralized. I notice that is not the case here, can someone kindly explain, or am I mistaken about this rule?
1234
When the accent is used to show the emphasis falls on the last syllable (like ión nouns) and it's made plural by adding another syllable (es), then the plural noun now has the emphasis naturally fall on the syllable that previously needed the accent and it doesn't need one anymore. condición > condiciones. But that's the only rule - take out the accent if it's no longer necessary.