Understand the French possessive adjectives: mon, ton, son …

In French, “de” and the person’s name denote possession.

La souris de Paul ➡️ Paul’s mouse

Le chat d’Alexandre ➡️ Alexander’s cat

La mère de Marie et Jacques ➡️ Marie and Jacques’ mother

Les livres des enfants ➡️ The children’s books

The possessive adjectives have the following forms:

The possessive adjective agrees with the noun modified in number and gender, but not with the possessor.

Mon père s’appelle Marc ➡️ My father’s name is Marc

Ma mère s’appelle Brigitte ➡️ My mother’s name is Brigitte

Mes frères s’appellent Luc et Matthieu ➡️ My brothers are called Luc and Matthieu

It is important to note that “mon,” “ton,” and “son” are used before feminine nouns or adjectives that begin with a vowel or a silent h.

Mon amie Hélène habite à Amsterdam. ➡️ My friend Hélène lives in Amsterdam

Mon histoire préférée est avec Cornebidouille. ➡️ My favourite story is with Cornebidouille

Before each noun, the possessive adjective must be repeated.

Je vais écrire à mon mari, à mes enfants et à ma cousine. ➡️ I will write to my husband, my children and my cousin.

When each person has only one object, the singular possessive adjective is used.

Ils attachent leur ceinture de sécurité dans l’avion. ➡️ They fasten their seatbelts on the plane

Listen to this song on Youtube to practice possessives and family vocabulary.

possessives are studied in our A1.1 course with Atelier A1+ method.
You can find the exercise of the manual on possessive adjectives here. Exercise

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