Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
Like all French adjectives, possessive adjectives, listed in Table 1 , agree in gender
and number with the nouns they modify (the person or item that is possessed) and
not with the subject (the person possessing them).
ton ta tes
your
son sa ses
his, her, its
Possessive adjectives agree with and are repeated before each noun.
J'aime mon père, ma mère, et mes sœurs. (I love my father, my
mother, and my sisters.)
Donne-moi leurs CDs et ta stéréo. (Give me their CDs and your stereo.)
Son and sa can mean either his or her because the possessive
adjective agrees with the noun it modifies and not with the
possessor . Sa mère, therefore, could mean either his or her mother,
because sa agrees with the word mother, which is feminine. Similarly, son
père can mean either his or herfather because son agrees with the word père,
which is masculine. The true meaning of the word can be determined only by
the context of the conversation.
The forms mon, ton, and son are used instead of ma, ta, and sa before
a feminine singular noun beginning with a vowel or vowel sound . This
allows the words to flow smoothly.
mon adresse (my address)
ton hôtesse (your hostess)