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About Possessive AdjectivesAbout Possessive Adjectives

Possessive adjectives describe ownership of a noun (person, place, thing)

Like other adjectives in French, the gender (masculine or feminine) and number (singular or plural) of the noun affects which form you use

Possessive adjectives in English: my cat, your pencil, his friend, our house, etc.

mymy

mon

example: mon stylo

masculine singular noun

& before vowels (including feminine

singular nouns)

maexample: ma mère

feminine singular noun

mesexample: mes devoirs

plural noun

your (singular)your (singular)

ton

example: ton stylo

masculine singular noun

& before vowels (including feminine

singular nouns)

taexample: ta mère

feminine singular noun

tesexample: tes devoirs

plural noun

his/herhis/her

son

example: son stylo

masculine singular noun

& before vowels (including feminine

singular nouns)

saexample: sa mère

feminine singular noun

sesexample: ses devoirs

plural noun

ourour

notre

example: notre stylo, notre gomme

masculine singular noun

& feminine singular noun

nosexample: nos devoirs

plural nouns

your (plural)your (plural)

votre

example: votre stylo, votre gomme

masculine singular noun

& feminine singular noun

vosexample: vos devoirs

plural nouns

theirtheir

leur

example: leur stylo, leur gomme

masculine singular noun

& feminine singular noun

leursexample: leurs devoirs

plural nouns

Shortcut ChartShortcut Chart

SUBJECT POSSESSIVE m/s f/s m/p & f/p

Je (I) My mon ma mes

Tu (You, sing.) Your ton ta tes

Il/Elle (He/She) his./her son sa ses

Nous (We) Our notre nos

Vous (You, pl.) Your votre vos

Ils/Elles (They) Their leur leurs

About Possessive AdjectivesAbout Possessive Adjectives

Demonstrative adjectives describe a specific noun (this person, that place, these things)

Like other adjectives in French, the gender (masculine or feminine) and number (singular or plural) of the noun affects which form you use

Possessive adjectives in English: this cat, these pencils, that cat, those houses, etc.

Demonstrative PronounsDemonstrative PronounsThis (m) This (m/s)

beginning with a vowel

This (f/s These (m/p & f/p)

ce crayon cet ordinateur cette gomme ces crayons, ces ordinateurs, ces gommes

Replaces le Replaces l’ Replaces la (l’) Replaces les

Replaces un Replaces un Replaces une Replaces des

-ci and -là-ci and -làYou can add –ci and –là to the end of a noun to differentiate between this one and that one.

ce crayon-ci vs. ce crayon-làcette gomme-ci vs. cette gomme-làces classeurs-ci vs. ces classeurs-là