© and ® 2011 Vista Higher Learning, Inc.3A.2-1 Point de départ In both English and French, possessive adjectives express ownership or possession.

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© and ® 2011 Vista Higher Learning, Inc.3A.2-3 Possessive adjectives are always placed before the nouns they modify.

© and ® 2011 Vista Higher Learning, Inc.3A.2-4 In French, unlike English, possessive adjectives agree in gender and number with the nouns they modify. Note that notre, votre, and leur agree in number only.

© and ® 2011 Vista Higher Learning, Inc.3A.2-5 The masculine singular forms mon, ton, and son are used with feminine singular nouns that begin with a vowel sound. The choice of son, sa, and ses depends on the gender and number of the noun possessed, not the gender and number of the owner. Context usually makes the meaning clear.

© and ® 2011 Vista Higher Learning, Inc.3A.2-6 Possession with de In English, you use ’s to express relationships or ownership. In French, use de (d’) + [the noun or proper name] instead.

© and ® 2011 Vista Higher Learning, Inc.3A.2-7 Possession with de (continued) When the preposition de is followed by the definite articles le and les, they contract to form du and des, respectively. There is no contraction when de is followed by la and I’.

© and ® 2011 Vista Higher Learning, Inc.3A.2-8 Possession with de (continued)

© and ® 2011 Vista Higher Learning, Inc.3A.2-9 mon, ma, mes 1. _______ livre 2. _______ librairie 3. _______ professeurs ton, ta, tes 4. _______ ordinateurs 5. _______ télévision 6. _______ stylo son, sa, ses 7. _______ table 8. _______ problèmes 9. _______ école notre, nos 10. _______ cahier 11. _______ études 12. _______ bourse votre, vos 13. _______ soirées 14. _______ resto U 15. _______ devoirs leur, leurs 16. _______ résultat 17. _______ classe 18. _______ notes Essayez! Provide the appropriate form of each possessive adjective. mon