Les adjectifs possessifs

Possessive Adjectives

One way to indicate possession is to use a noun followed by de and the owner’s name.
Use the masculine form (du) or the feminine form (de la) with nouns.
(There are no apostrophes in French.)

le crayon de Zaynab = Zaynab’s pencil C'est le livre du

professeur !
le livre de Ali = Ali’s book

Note: de + le = du
le stylo du professeur = the teacher’s pen

Tell to whom the following items belong

1. notebooks/Fatimah_______________________________________________
2. father/Hasanayn _______________________________________________
3. door/the class _______________________________________________
4. eraser/the girl _______________________________________________
5. mom/Zaynab _______________________________________________
6. house/the boy _______________________________________________

Singulier Pluriel
Masculin Féminin
Another way to indicate my mon ma mes
possession is to use possessive your (sing.) ton ta tes
adjectives:
my, your, his, her, etc. his, her son sa ses
our notre notre nos
your (formal votre votre vos
and plur.)
their leur leur leurs

Like other adjectives, a possessive adjective exemples: mon livre = my book

must agree in gender and number with the mes livres = my books
noun it modifies. notre soeur = our sister
notre frère = our brother
Note: the adjective agrees with the noun it
modifies, not with the owner.) nos soeurs = our sisters
nos frères = our brothers
Tell that the following items belong to you

Tell that the following items belong to your brother

Tell that the following items belong to both of you

Tell that the following items belong to your friends