Saturday, December 28, 2019
How Can I Express Possession in French
There are four grammatical constructions used to express possession in French: adjectives, pronouns, and two different prepositions. Take a look at this summary of the different French possibilities, and then follow the links for detailed information. Possessive de: The preposition de is used with a name or a noun in place of s or s in English. le livre de Jean - Johns bookla chambre des filles - the girls room Possessive à : The preposition à is used with the verb à ªtre in front of stressed pronouns in order to emphasize the ownership of the object. Ce livre est à lui - This book is hisCest un ami à moi - Hes a friend of mine Possessive adjectivesPossessive adjectives are the words used in place of articles to indicate to whom or to what something belongs. The English equivalents are my, your, his, her, its, our, and their. Voici votre livre - Heres your bookCest son livre - Its his book Possessive pronounsPossessive pronouns are the words which replace a possessive adjective noun. The English equivalents are mine, yours, his, hers, its, ours, and theirs. Ce livre... cest le và ´tre ou le sien ? - This book... is it yours or his? French Possessive De The French prepositionà deà is used to express possession withà namesà andà nouns. It is equivalent toà sà orà sà in English. le livre de Jeanà - Johns book lesà rues de Romeà - Romes streets, the streets of Rome lesà idà ©esà dunà à ©tudiantà - a students ideas Note that the order of the nouns is inverted in French. Johns book translates literally as the book of John. As with theà partitive articleà and otherà deà constructions,à deà contracts withà leà andà lesà to makeà duà andà des: cestà laà voitureà du patronà - its the bosss car lesà pages du livreà - the books pages lesà pages desà livresà - the books pages Deà cannot be used to express possession withà stressed pronouns; for those, you needà à . The French Possessiveà à The French prepositionà à à is used to express possession in the following constructions:à noun à à ªtreà à à à à stressed pronoun,à noun, orà namecestà à à à à stressed pronoun, noun, or namecestà noun à à à stressed pronoun* These constructions put emphasis on the ownership of the object. Cet argent est à Paul.à - This money is Pauls. Le livre est à à lui.à - The book is his. Cest un livre à lui.à - Its a book of his. - Ã⬠qui est ce stylo ?à - Whose pen is this?- Cest à moi.à - Its mine. - Cet argent... cest à elle ou à nousà ?à - This money... is it hers or ours?- Cest à vous.à - Its yours. - Ce chapeau est à Luc.à - This is Lucs hat.- Non, cest à moi !à - No, its mine! *In spoken French, you might hearà cestà à noun à à à nameà (e.g.,à cestà un livre à Michel), but it is grammatically incorrect. The correct way to use possession in this construction is withà deà (cestà un livre de Michel).
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