The Possessive Pronoun.
The possessive pronoun in English looks like::
My boyfriend is strong. Yes, but mine can beat yours
Where are your books? Ours are here!
John's hair is blond. Rightly so, but hers is blonder (or more blond--how blond do you want?)
Their dog won the show. Weird, ours was much prettier.
------you got it?
Remember, in French the possessive pronouns must agree
in gender and number with the noun they replace (seems to be a French adjective/pronoun decease)!
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Below is a list of these posessive pronouns and some examples. Notice that the definite article is part
of the Possessive Pronoun in French!!
| Masc.Sing. | Masc.pl. | Fem.Sing. | Fem.Pl. | |
| mine | le mien | les miens | la mienne | les miennes |
| yours (familiar) | le tien | les tiens | la tienne | les tiennes |
| his, hers, its | le sien | les siens | la sienne | les siennes |
| ours | le nôtre | les nôtres | la nôtres | les nôtres |
| yours | le vôtre | les vôtres | la vôtre | les vôtres |
| theirs | le leur | les leurs | la leur * | les leurs |
* - just to point out to you: We don't add and -e to "leur" here (as some of you might want to do).
Examples:
1. Cette robe est la mienne, pas la vôtre.
That dress is mine, not yours!
2. Où sont tes profs? Les miens son ici!
Where are your teachers, Mine are here!
3. Ma voiture est blanche. Et la leur?
My car is white. And theirs?
4. Ma voiture est blanche. Et les leurs?
My car is white and theirs? (hmm--looks like English is little imprecise here).
5. Ses parents sont partis. Les miens aussi.
His parents have left. Mine too.
Of course, the definite article does contract with the prepostions à and de.
6. Madame Rosemont parle à ses étudiantes et aux miennes aussi. (parler à)
Mrs. Rosemont speaks to her students and mine also.
7. Tu parles de mon roman ou du siens. (parler de)
Are you talking about my novel or hers?