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mon ma mes = my my my
Rules are different in English and in French.
Look at these 3 examples:
mon lit --> my bed ma chambre --> my room mes clés --> my keys
MY is translated in 3 different ways in French : MON, MA, MES. That is because it agrees with the noun that it modifies, the noun that follows.
- If the noun is masculine, the adjective is masculine: lit is masculine, so we pick from the masculine column: mon
- If the noun is feminine, the adjective is feminine: chambre is feminine, so we pick from the feminine column: ma
- If the noun is plural, the adjective is plural: clés is plural, so we pick from the plural column: mes
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masculine | feminine | f. before a vowel | plural | |
my | mon | ma | mon | mes |
your (fam.) | ton | ta | ton | tes |
his, her, its | son | sa | son | ses |
our | notre | notre | notre | nos |
your (pl.) | votre | votre | votre | vos |
their | leur | leur | leur | leurs |
Examples
- my father -> mon père ........... our book -> notre livre
- my mother -> ma mère ........... our books -> nos livres
- her brother -> son frère .......... his girl-firend -> son amie
- his sister -> sa sœur ................ their boy-friends -> leurs amis
Related: Possessive Pronouns .
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