FRENCH GRAMMAR
LES ADJECTIFS POSSESSIFS
- Indicate possession or belonging and agree in both gender and number with the pronoun they
precede
Relevant Possessive adjectives
subject
pronoun
Before a masculine Before a feminine Before a plural
singular noun or singular noun noun
before a feminine
noun beginning
with a vowel
Je/J’ Mon Ma Mes
Tu Ton Ta Tes
Il/elle/on Son Sa Ses
Nous Notre Notre Nos
Vous Votre Votre Vos
Ils/elles Leur Leur Leurs
LES ADJECTIFS DÉMONSTRATIFS
- Refer to a spefic pronoun
- Agree in both gender and number
- This, that, these, or those
Masculine singular Ce J’adore ce magasin
Masculine singular before a Cet Cet homme est gentil
vowel or a h
Feminine singular cette Tu connais cette fille?
Masculine and feminine plural Ces Je deteste ces flims
Ces montagnes sont belles
, LE MARQUERS TEMPORELS
- Words that indicate when in, or for how long, action or event takes place
IL Y A DEPUIS PENDANT POUR DANS
Meaning Ago For, since During, for For in
Tense Past Past, present Past, future Present, future Present or the
future
Use Report Action that began An action that Refers to the Indicate the
past in the past and has a clear entire duration amount of
action continues until the beginning and of an action or time that will
present or until the end point with event. Only be pass before
temporal reference no relation to used with an action
point of the the present verbs in the occurs
sentence present or in
the future
tense
Example Il y a On fait la queue J’ai vu J’y travaillerai Je te rappelle
deux depuis trois heures beaucoup d pour trois dans deux
semaines, (we have been in mes amis mois minutes (i
on était the que for three pendnt les will call you
en France hours) vacances en back in two
(two Europe (i saw minutes)
weeks many of my
ago, we freinds during
were in the holiday in
France) Europe)
- Semaine(s) – week(s)
- Quelques minutes – a few minutes
- Longtemps – a long time ago
- Heure(s) – hour(s)
- Mois – months
- Ans – years
LES ADJECTIFS POSSESSIFS
- Indicate possession or belonging and agree in both gender and number with the pronoun they
precede
Relevant Possessive adjectives
subject
pronoun
Before a masculine Before a feminine Before a plural
singular noun or singular noun noun
before a feminine
noun beginning
with a vowel
Je/J’ Mon Ma Mes
Tu Ton Ta Tes
Il/elle/on Son Sa Ses
Nous Notre Notre Nos
Vous Votre Votre Vos
Ils/elles Leur Leur Leurs
LES ADJECTIFS DÉMONSTRATIFS
- Refer to a spefic pronoun
- Agree in both gender and number
- This, that, these, or those
Masculine singular Ce J’adore ce magasin
Masculine singular before a Cet Cet homme est gentil
vowel or a h
Feminine singular cette Tu connais cette fille?
Masculine and feminine plural Ces Je deteste ces flims
Ces montagnes sont belles
, LE MARQUERS TEMPORELS
- Words that indicate when in, or for how long, action or event takes place
IL Y A DEPUIS PENDANT POUR DANS
Meaning Ago For, since During, for For in
Tense Past Past, present Past, future Present, future Present or the
future
Use Report Action that began An action that Refers to the Indicate the
past in the past and has a clear entire duration amount of
action continues until the beginning and of an action or time that will
present or until the end point with event. Only be pass before
temporal reference no relation to used with an action
point of the the present verbs in the occurs
sentence present or in
the future
tense
Example Il y a On fait la queue J’ai vu J’y travaillerai Je te rappelle
deux depuis trois heures beaucoup d pour trois dans deux
semaines, (we have been in mes amis mois minutes (i
on était the que for three pendnt les will call you
en France hours) vacances en back in two
(two Europe (i saw minutes)
weeks many of my
ago, we freinds during
were in the holiday in
France) Europe)
- Semaine(s) – week(s)
- Quelques minutes – a few minutes
- Longtemps – a long time ago
- Heure(s) – hour(s)
- Mois – months
- Ans – years
