What are possessive pronouns in French?
Possessive pronouns are used to indicate to whom the word they replace belongs to.
French possessive pronouns are used in the same circumstances as the English ones. The only difference between them is that the French possessive pronouns are not only changing for each person, but also take the genre and the number of the words they replace. In fact, each English possessive pronoun has four equivalents in French!
Possessive pronouns examples in French
This book is mine.
Ce livre est le mien.
(livre: masculin, singular)
These books are mine.
Ces livres sont les miens.
(livre: masculin, plural)
Possessive Pronouns in French:
Here is a list of all of the possessive pronouns in French.
Pronoun | Masculin, singular | Masculin, plural |
Je (I) | Le mien | Les miens |
Tu (you) | Le tien | Les tiens |
Il (he) Elle (she) on | Le sien | Les siens |
Nous (we) | Le nôtre | Les nôtres |
Vous (you) | Le vôtre | Les vôtres |
Elles/ Ils They | Le leur | Les leurs |
Pronoun | Feminin, singular | Feminin, plural |
Je (I) | La mienne | Les miennes |
Tu (you) | La tienne | Les tiennes |
Il (he) Elle (she) on | La sienne | Les siennes |
Nous (we) | La nôtre | Les nôtres |
Vous (you) | La vôtre | Les vôtres |
Elles/ Ils They | La leur | Les leurs |
Possessive Pronouns in French - Printable Practice Worksheets
Now that you have learned about the definite and indefinite articles in French, you can test your knowledge with the following worksheets!
