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Possessive Adjectives
In French, possessive adjectives tell not only to whom things belong, but also the gender of the thing possessed.
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Here are the possessive adjectives in French
Here are the possessive adjectives in French. Notice that the possessive adjectives agree in gender and number with what is possessed!!! Masculine Singular Feminine Singular Plural my mon ma mes your (tu) ton ta tes his/her/its son sa ses our notre nos your (vous) votre vos their leur leurs
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Ça c’est mon amie, Claudine.
For singular nouns beginning with a vowel, use the masculine form of the possessive adjective, even if the thing possessed is feminine!
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J’aime bien le frère d’André.
Another way to indicate possession is with the preposition de. De/d’ plus a person’s name is used in the same way as ‘s in English. I really like Andre’s brother.
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Contractions with de De contracts with the definite article le to form du. de + le→du Le bureau du prof est marron. De contracts with the definite article les to form des. des + les→des Comment est le père des Lebrun? When de appears before la or l’, there is no contraction. de + la →de la Les frères de la copine de Guy sont cool. de + l’ → de l’ La mère de l’ami de Charles est belle.
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C’est versus Il/Elle est
Use c’est with a person’s name C’est Norbert with an article/possessive adjective + a noun C’est une élève. C’est mon père. with an article + noun + adjective C’est un homme intelligetn. Use il/elle est with an adjective by itself Il/Elle est cool.
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