Possessive determiners and pronouns in French

Here are in the table bellow the possessive determiners in French:

Possessive determiners

Masculin	Féminin	Pluriel	Possessive determiners
Mon	Ma	Mes	My
Ton	Ta	Tes	Your
Son	Sa	Ses	His, her, its
Notre	Notre	Nos	Our
Votre	Votre	Vos	Your
Leur	Leur	Leurs	Their

A possessive determiner is linked to a noun and agrees with the gender and number of that noun, like for examples:

• Mon téléphone. My phone.
• Ta veste. Your jacket.
• Leurs amis. Their friends.

The possessive determiners ma, ta, sa become mon, ton, son in front of a noun starting with a vowel or a silent h such as:

• Je cherche mon amie (instead of ma amie). I look for my friend.
• C’est ton histoire (instead of ta histoire). It is your storie.
• Elle parle de son école (instead of sa école). She speaks about her school.

Possessive pronouns

Here are in the table bellow the possessive pronouns in French:

Masculin	Féminin	Pluriel	Possessive pronouns
Le mien	La mienne	Les miens, les miennes	Mine
Le tien	La tienne	Les tiens, les tiennes	Yours
Le sien	La sienne	Les siens, les siennes	His, hers, its
Le nôtre	La nôtre	Les nôtres	Ours
Le vôtre	La vôtre	Les vôtres	Yours
Le leur	La leur	Les leurs	Theirs

Possessive pronouns replace a noun and agrees with the gender and number of the noun they replace, like for examples:

• C’est ma veste. C’est la mienne. It is my jacket. It is mine.
• Ce n’est pas mon téléphone, c’est le tien. It is not my phone, it is yours.
• Ce sont nos livres, pas les leurs. They are our books, not theirs.

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