- •1. Basic Phrases / les expressions de base
- •Don't forget to check out my video series on informal French expressions:
- •2. Pronunciation / la prononciation
- •[Ɑ] is disappearing in modern French, being replaced by [a]. Vowels that do not exist in English are marked in blue.
- •[Œ̃] is being replaced with [ɛ̃] in modern French
- •In words beginning with in-, a nasal is only used if the next letter is a consonant. Otherwise, the in- prefix is pronounce een before a vowel.
- •4. Nouns, Articles & Demonstratives / les noms, les articles & les demonstratifs
- •6. Subject Pronouns / les pronoms sujets
- •7. To Be & To Have / Etre & avoir
- •Note: Je and any verb form that starts with a vowel (or silent h) combine together for ease of pronunciation.
- •Ordinal Numbers / Les nombres ordinaux
- •10. Days of the Week / Les jours de la semaine
- •11. Months of the Year / Les mois de l'annEe
- •14. Colors & Shapes / Les couleurs & les formes
- •15. Weather / Le temps qu'il fait
- •17. Family & Animals / La famille & les animaux
- •Note: Le gendre /ʒɑ̃dʀ/ is another word for son-in-law.
- •18. To Know People & Places / connaitre & savoir
- •19. Formation of Plural Nouns / la formation des noms pluriels
- •20. Possessive Adjectives / les adjectifs possessifs
20. Possessive Adjectives / les adjectifs possessifs
|
Masc. |
Fem. |
Plural |
My |
mon /mɔ̃/ |
ma /ma/ |
mes /mɛ/ |
Your |
ton /tɔ̃/ |
ta /ta/ |
tes /tɛ/ |
His/Her/Its |
son /sɔ̃/ |
sa /sa/ |
ses /sɛ/ |
Our |
notre /nɔtʀ/ |
notre /nɔtʀ/ |
nos /no/ |
Your |
votre /vɔtʀ/ |
votre /vɔtʀ/ |
vos /vo/ |
Their |
leur /lœʀ/ |
leur /lœʀ/ |
leurs /lœʀ/ |
Possessive pronouns go before the noun. When a feminine noun begins with a vowel, you must use the masculine form of the pronoun for ease of pronunciation. Ma amie is incorrect and must be mon amie, even though amie is feminine. Remember that adjectives agree with the noun in gender and number, not the possessor! Sa mère can mean his mother or her mother even though sa is the feminine form, because it agrees with mère and not the possessor (his or her).
C'est ma mère et mon père. This is my mother and my father. Ce sont vos petits-enfants ? These are your grandchildren? Mes parents sont divorcés. My parents are divorced. Sa grand-mère est veuve. His grandmother is a widow. Notre frère est marié, mais notre sœur est célibataire. Our brother is married, but our sister is single. Ton oncle est architecte, n'est-ce pas ? Your uncle is an architect, isn't he? Leurs cousines sont néerlandaises. Their cousins are Dutch.