Possessive Adjectives

Possessive adjectives like other adjectives, agree in gender and number with the nouns they modify.

• mes livres  my books
• tes amis  your friends
• ma voiture   my car
• mon passeport  my passport
• leurs enfants   their children

The forms mon, ton, and son are used instead of ma, ta and sa before a feminine singular noun beginning with a vowel or silent h.

• mon histoire  my story
• ton école  your school
• son amie  his (her) friend

The nouns monsieur, madame, and mademoiselle, originally composed of a possessive adjective and a noun, form their plural by changing each part to the plural.

• messieurs, mesdames, mesdemoiselles

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