Foreign Languages
Possessive articles.
Definition
Possessive articles (or possessive adjectives) indicate ownership or belonging and must agree with the noun they modify. In French, they agree with the gender and number of the possessed noun, not the owner. In German, they also change based on the grammatical case of the noun.
Examples
Real-world.
- 1 French: 'mon livre' (my book, masc.), 'ma maison' (my house, fem.), 'mes amis' (my friends, plural)
- 2 Spanish: 'mi casa' (my house), 'tus libros' (your books), 'nuestro perro' (our dog)
- 3 German: 'mein Bruder' (my brother), 'deine Mutter' (your mother), 'sein Buch' (his book)
Key Fact
French possessive articles: mon/ma/mes, ton/ta/tes, son/sa/ses, notre/nos, votre/vos, leur/leurs.