Possessive adjectives
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Read the text again. Can you find
the three words the author uses
for ‘my’?
“J’habite à Marseille avec mon frère. ” – I live in Marseille with
my brother.
“Ma famille est très grande. ” – My family is very large.
“Mes amis Paul et Sandrine.” – My friends Paul and Sandrine.
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Now
Why
It’s
In
this
because
do
look
case,
you
at the
think
in
family
French,
following
she
(famille)
uses
you
table
need
ais to
different
a
feminine,
see
different
which
word
brother
word
French
each
for
(frère)
words
‘my’
time?isto use
depending
masculine,
for
‘my’. on
andwhether
friends the
(amis)
noun
is
after it is masculine or feminine,
plural.
or plural.
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masc
fem
plural
My
mon
ma
mes
Your
ton
ta
tes
His / her
son
sa
ses
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masc
fem
plural
My
mon
ma
mes
Your
ton
ta
tes
His / her
son
sa
ses
(my)
(your)
(his)
(her)
(your)
(her)
(his)
(my)
(my)
(your)
_____
mon stylo
ton ordinateur
_____
ses bics
_____
sa trousse
_____
tes crayons
_____
son sac
_____
ses gommes
_____
mes livres
_____
mon cahier
_____
ta règle
_____
Using some classroom vocabulary,
can you fill in the gaps on the right
by correctly translating the words in brackets?
Remember to check the gender of each noun, and to
look out for plurals (ending in –s!).
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Ma – an exception to the rule:
If a noun is feminine but begins with a vowel, for example
amie, the masculine possessive adjective, mon, is used
instead of the feminine, ma:
So, “my friend Anna lives in Paris” would be “Mon amie
Anna habite à Paris”, instead of “Ma amie Anna habite à
Paris”.
Having
Why
onedoletter
you ‘a’
think
immediately
this is?
before another disrupts the flow of
a sentence and is therefore
avoided.
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But what do I do when I want to
talk about more than one
person’s things, like ‘our books’
or ‘their house’?
These work slightly differently.
Look at this table.
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singular
plural
Our
notre
nos
Your (pl)
votre
vos
Their
leur
leurs
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Now try this exercise. Firstly, fill in the gaps
using the clues in brackets and then
translate each sentence into English.
Vos
1. ________
chaussures sont salles. (Your)
Your shoes are dirty.
2. Leurs
________ livres sont remplis d’images. (Their)
Their books are full of pictures.
3. Notre
________ maison est vraiment spacieuse. (Our)
Our house is really spacious.
Nos
4. ________
meubles sont démodés, il faut les changer. (Our)
Our furniture is old-fashioned, we should change it.
Votre
5. ________
voiture est cassée. (Your)
Your car is damaged.
Leur
6. ________
fille est partie avec ses cousines. (Their)
Their daughter left with her cousins.
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