Possessive adjectives in French: their distinctive features and characteristics

Les adjectifs possessifs - class oftenused words, denoted as "possessive adjectives". In French, their role is significant. They are used much more often than a similar group of words in the Russian grammar.

The difference of concepts

Possessive adjectives in Frenchlanguage correspond to possessive pronouns in Russian. They express the belonging of the object to some person: mine, ours, them. Like adjectives, they are consistent with the main word (noun) by gender, number and case.

Unlike Russian pronouns, adjectifspossessifs ignore the genus of the owner, focusing on the subject of attraction. The genus of the noun's name, which is mentioned: Marie / Paul ferme son livre. In Russian, the possessive pronouns in the first and second persons of the singular number also behave: your choice is your way. As can be seen from the example, for the pronoun, the generic sign of the word standing after it is important, and not the subject of attraction. In the plural, the difference disappears, since there is no division into the male and female gender.

In Russian there also exist possessiveadjectives, but they mean different words under this category. They also express the belonging of the object to some person, but call it, that is, they are formed from a noun, including on behalf of one's own: the grandmother's house, pansies.

Les Adjectifs possessifs and Pronoms possesifs

Why are pronouns and possessors divided?adjectives in French? From the term "pronoun" one can clearly understand that this is a word that is used "instead of a name". It is independent, requires the use of a definite article and is used in the French sentence in place of a noun with a possessive adjective.

For pronouns, there is a paradigmdeclension, distinct from adjectives. In Russian grammar, these two categories of French are expressed by the class of pronouns. The difference is that the use of pronouns with a noun in Russian sentences is optional, except for some syntactic constructions of the language. The most frequent use of the pronoun "own" as an analogue of adjectifs possessifs: "He took off his jacket and hung it on the back of the chair."

Ways to learn grammar

It will help to learn the possessive adjectives in the French language faster, a table that contains their complete paradigm of declension by persons and numbers.

Singulier		Pluriel
Masculin	Féminin
mon	ma	mes
ton	ta	tes
son	sa	ses
notre		nos
votre		vos
leur		leurs

With several subjects, the possessiveThe pronoun does not differentiate by birth, but only in number. Do not forget that with feminine nouns with the initial h-dumb or vowel, the adjective of the masculine gender is used: mon arme, ton hache.

The second effective way to remember more quicklypossessive adjectives in French - exercises. They are of the same type and consist in choosing the proper form of the adjective, which should be put in place of a blank in the sentence. For example:

Vous la connaissez cette jeune femme? - Oui, c "est ... épouse.

Voici la voiture de Derrick. Voici ... voiture.

Naturally, the required quantityexercises depends on the personal speed of learning information, but the more they are performed, the easier it will be to use possessive adjectives in speech. The purpose of such exercises is to bring the knowledge of the grammatical category to automaticity in order not to waste time on selecting the desired form in the future.

The role of possessive adjectives in the language

Possessive adjectives in Frenchlanguage is a frequently used unit of grammar, which is also expressed in proverbs and sayings: for example, on prend ses jambes à son cou - so they say about who is in a hurry.

Knowledge of the category of possessive adjectives is a prerequisite for successful communication in French, since many syntactic constructions can not do without this class of words.

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