In French, possessive adjectives match the nouns they modify in gender and number they don’t match the “owner” of the noun like in English ! Here are the French possessive adjectives :
| SINGULAR | ||||
| Masculine | Feminine | |||
| my | mon | père (father) | ma | mère (mother) |
| your | ton | père (father) | ta | mère (mother) |
| his/her/
its/one’s |
son | père (father) | sa | mère (mother) |
| our | notre | père (father) | notre | mère (mother) |
| your | votre | père (father) | votre | mère (mother) |
| their | leur | père (father) | leur | mère (mother) |
Examples :
Voilà mon oncle et son fils ! / Here are my uncle and his son
Voilà mon oncle et sa fille / Here are my uncle and his daughter
Voilà ma tante et son fils / Here are my aunt and her son
Voilà ma tante et sa fille / Here are my aunt and her daughter
C’est ma voiture / That’s my car
C’est mon chien / That’s my dog
Votre ami est là / Your friend is here
Mes parents dînent avec leur ami / My parents have dinner with their friend
mon, ton, son must be used before singular feminine nouns that begin with a vowel or mute h in order to avoid a double vowel sounds :
mon (ma) amie my (female) friend
ton (ta) adresse your adress
son (sa) école his/her school
son (sa) histoire his/her story
| PLURAL | ||
| Masculine and Feminine | ||
| my | mes | ami(e)s (friends) |
| your | tes | ami(e)s (friends) |
| his/her/its/one’s | ses | ami(e)s (friends) |
| our | nos | ami(e)s (friends) |
| your | vos | ami(e)s (friends) |
| their | leurs | ami(e)s (friends) |
Examples :
Ce sont mes livres / These are my books
Ce sont mes chaussures / These are my shoes
Voilà mon ami et ses frères / Here are my friend and his brothers
Voilà mon ami et ses soeurs / Here are my friend and his sisters
Mes parents dînent avec leurs amies / My parents have dinner with their friends
C’est un excellent auteur, ses idées sont intéressantes / That’s an excellent author, his ideas are interesting