Voici ma famille

• Today we are learning how to…

– introduce your extended family

– say ‘my’ in French and know how to use
MON, MA, MES
– understand a family tree
 Voici ma famille
mes grands-parents mes grands-parents
mon ma mon ma
grand- grand- grand- grand-
père mère père mère

mes parents mes tantes

mon mon ma ma
ma tante
oncle père mère tante

mon C’est ma ma
frère moi sœur cousine
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Qui est qui?

1) Le père 6) Le grand-père
2) La mère 7) La grand-mère I
B
3) Le grand frère 8) Le chien
4) La tante 9) Le chat
5) La petite sœur 10)C’est moi!

C D F
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In French, there are 3 different
words for MY - mon, ma and mes.

You will know which one to use

depending on the gender of the
person or thing that you are
talking about:
e.g. Mon frère my brother
Ma soeur my sister
Mes parents my parents
Mon is used when the noun is masculine.
Ma is used when the noun is feminine.
Mes is used when the noun is plural.

e.g. Mon livre my book

Ma trousse my pencilcase
Mes affaires my things
Now try these examples. Fill in the
blanks with the correct word for
MY (mon/ma/mes)
mon père.
1. ..........
ma mère.
2. .......... Now check
mes cousins.
3. .......... your answers.
ma tante.
4. ..........
mon oncle.
5. ..........
mes grands-parents.
6. ..........
ma nièce.
7. ..........
mon mari.
8. ..........
 Did you get 8 out of 8?

So far it’s easy peasy, isn’t it?

The hardest part is knowing

the gender of each noun, but
remember, the plurals are
easy to spot, just look for
nouns ending in –s!
 Just to clarify…
The possessive adjective always agrees with
the NOUN, not the person that it belongs to.

In other words, a man would say mon livre,

and a woman would also say mon livre
because the book is masculine (le livre).

Likewise, both men and women would say

ma trousse, because pencilcase is feminine
in French - it doesn't matter whether the
owner of the pencilcase is male or female.
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