Chapitre 4: La famille et la maison
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Les adje ctifs po ssessifs (Possessive Adjectives)
1. Possessive adjectives are used to show _____________ or
_________________. Just like other adjectives, possessive
adjectives must agree with the nouns they modify. (For example… if
the noun is feminine, the possessive adjective must be feminine; if the noun is
plural, the possessive adjective must be plural.)
2. DO NOT BE CONFUSED BY THE GRAMMATICAL TERM “ADJECTIVE
ADJECTIVE.”
ADJECTIVE
Here are some examples of possessive adjectives in English:
my sister, my brother, my parents
your house, your apartment, your neighbors
his/her
his her house, his/her
his her garden, his/her
his her chairs
3. Possessive adjectives in English simply mean MY,
MY YOUR,
YOUR HIS/HER
HIS HER.
HER
4. REMEMBER, French nouns are either MASCULINE or FEMININE.
FEMININE
And of course, in French nouns can be plural.
5. This means that there are 3 ways to say “MY
MY,”
MY 3 ways to say
“YOUR
YOUR,”
HIS/HER
YOUR and 3 ways to say “HIS
HIS HER”
HER in French.
6. Take a look at the following chart:
MASCULINE
SINGULAR
mon père
my father
ton père
your father
son père
his/her father
FEMININE
SINGULAR
ma mère
my mother
ta mère
your mother
sa mère
his/her mother
PLURAL
mes parents
my parents
tes parents
your parents
ses parents
his/her parents
*note that sa and son can mean his or her.
her
*remember:
remember: your gender doesn’t matter; look at the word that
comes AFTER the possessive adjective.