{"id":144,"date":"2009-11-03T12:30:38","date_gmt":"2009-11-03T16:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/?p=141"},"modified":"2010-03-09T22:17:24","modified_gmt":"2010-03-09T22:17:24","slug":"french-grammar-possessive-adjectives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/french-grammar-possessive-adjectives\/","title":{"rendered":"French Grammar – Possessive Adjectives"},"content":{"rendered":"

First of all, here are the answers to the family relationships vocabulary exercise<\/a> I gave you a few days ago.<\/p>\n

<\/em><\/p>\n

<\/em><\/p>\n

<\/em><\/p>\n

1. La m\u00e8re de ma m\u00e8re c’est ma grand-m\u00e8re<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n

2. Les enfants de mon oncle ce sont mes cousins<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n

3. La fille de ma m\u00e8re c’est ma s\u0153ur<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n

4. Le fr\u00e8re de mon p\u00e8re c’est mon oncle<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n

5. Le p\u00e8re de mon p\u00e8re c’est mon grand-p\u00e8re<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n

6. Le fr\u00e8re de mon oncle c’est mon p\u00e8re<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n

7. La s\u0153ur de ma m\u00e8re c’est ma\u00a0tante<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n

8. La s\u0153ur de ma tante c’est ma m\u00e8re<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n

You may have noticed the use of ma, mon, mes<\/strong><\/em> in the above sentences. \u00a0These are called adjectifs possessifs<\/em> in French and possessive adjectives in English. \u00a0In all of these examples, I have used the first person possessive adjectives; in other words, the French versions of “my”. \u00a0Below are some more examples with third person possessive adjectives; in other words, the French versions of “her”, “his” and “their”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Singulier<\/td>\n\n

C’est<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

le mari de Am\u00e9lie.<\/em><\/p>\n

la s\u0153ur de Jean.<\/em><\/p>\n

le cousin de Marie et de Jean.<\/em><\/p>\n

la fille de Am\u00e9lie et d’Antoine.<\/em><\/td>\n

son<\/em><\/strong> mari<\/em><\/p>\n

sa <\/em><\/strong>s\u0153ur<\/em><\/p>\n

leur <\/em><\/strong>cousin<\/em><\/p>\n

leur<\/em><\/strong> fille<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

<\/td>\n <\/em><\/td>\n <\/em><\/td>\n <\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Plural<\/td>\n\n

Ce sont<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

les parents de Sophie.<\/em><\/p>\n

les enfants de Am\u00e9lie et d’Antoine.<\/em><\/td>\n

ses<\/em><\/strong> parents<\/em><\/p>\n

leurs<\/em><\/strong> enfants<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

You must make the possessive adjective agree in gender and number with the noun the object belongs to; in other words, depending on whether the noun is singular or plural \/ masculine or feminine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
<\/td>\n\n

Singular<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

Plural<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

<\/td>\n\n

masculine<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

feminine<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

masculine and feminine<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

1 “owner”<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

mon<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

ton<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

son<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

ma<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

ta<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

sa<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

mes<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

tes<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

ses<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n
<\/td>\n\n

Singular<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

Plural<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

<\/td>\n\n

masculine and feminine<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

masculine and feminine<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

More than 1 “owner”<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

notre<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

votre<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

leur<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

nos<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

vos<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

leurs<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Just to be sure you get it, compare these two sentences:<\/p>\n

Il avait invit\u00e9 tous ses<\/strong> amis \u00e0 sa<\/strong> f\u00eate. <\/em> (He invited all of his friends to his party.)
\n(just one “owner”)
\nIls avaient invit\u00e9 tous leurs<\/strong> amis \u00e0 leur<\/strong> f\u00eate.<\/em> <\/em>(They invited all of their friends to their party.)
\n<\/em>(more than one “owners”)<\/p>\n

Careful though as the possessive adjectives ma, ta<\/em><\/strong> and sa<\/em><\/strong> before words that begin with vowels or a silent h all end in “n” regardless of whether they are masculine or feminine.\u00a0 Examples: mon<\/em><\/strong> adresse, ton<\/strong> amie, son <\/strong>identit\u00e9<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

First of all, here are the answers to the family relationships vocabulary exercise I gave you a few days ago. 1. La m\u00e8re de ma m\u00e8re c’est ma grand-m\u00e8re. 2. Les enfants de mon oncle ce sont mes cousins. 3. La fille de ma m\u00e8re c’est ma s\u0153ur. 4. Le fr\u00e8re de mon p\u00e8re c’est…<\/p>\n

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