Possessive adjectives in french

Possessive adjectives are words that say to whom or to what something belongs. In other words possisive adjectives are used to show the belongings.

In French possessive adjective agrees with gender and number.

In Singular :In French we have three forms of “My”.

Masculine: Mon     Ex: mon pere est grand.

Feminine :  Ma       Ex: ma mere est belle.

Plural :       Mes      Ex: mes parents sont heureux.

• In French we have three forms of “Your”.

Masculine: Ton     Ex: ton pere est grand.

Feminine :  Ta       Ex: ta mere est belle.

Plural :       Tes      Ex: tes parents sont heureux.

For third person singular plural (he,she,they) we use :

• if noun is masculine.    For ‘his’ we use “son”    
• if noun is feminine     For “her” we use “sa” 
• if noun is plural     For “their” we use “ses”

Note : if feminine noun is starting with vowel we use masculine possessive adjectives.

For 1st person plural masculine and feminine we use “ Notre” and for plural we use “Nos”.

For 2nd  person plural masculine and feminine we use “ Votre” and for plural we use “Vos”.

For 3rd  person plural masculine and feminine we use “ leur” and for plural we use “leurs”.

Have a look for given chart it will clear your concept :

Examples :

mon frère = my brother

ma mère= my mother

mes parents=my parents

ton frère = your brother

ta mère= your mother

tes parents=your parents

son frère = his/her brother

sa mère= his/her mother

ses parents=his/her parents

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