#frenchlearning

à temps = in time

à l’heure = on time

tout à l’heure = just now

à tout à l’heure ! = see you later!

à bientôt ! = see you soon!

Bonjour! Today I would like to share possessive adjectives with you, and add in a bit of an explanation to it. Note that I´m a beginner, I simply made this post for my own revision and understandably explained it.

On y va!

As you probably already know, there are two genders in French - masculine et feminine.

Mon, Ma, Mes - they all mean my

ton, ta, tes - all mean your

son, sa, ses - her/his (i´ll explain this further below)

notre, notre, nos -our

votre, votre, vos - your

leur, leur, leurs - their

So now, we know what they are. But it is a bit confusing, isn´t it? 

In French, we choose which possessive adjective we will use according to the object. For example:

This is her dog. (in english we say her dog, because the subject is female(a girl owns that dog, that´s why))

However, in French we would say:

C´est son chien (chien is masculine, so we use son, not sa.)

More sample sentences:

These are his books.

Ce sont ses livres. (livres - books, which is in plural, so we use ses.)

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My table.

Ma table (la table est feminin)

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My book. 

Mon livre. (le livre - masculine)

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This is her brother.

C´est son frére. (frére - masculine.)

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This is our cat.

C´est leur chat.

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His sister is pretty.

Sa soeur est jolie.

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These are our pens.

Ce sont nos stylos.

Exception when mon, ton, son  is used for f.

When the object starts with a vowel, (or a mute h) we use an alternative which ends with a consonant.

This is her friend.

C´est son amie. (amie-f so logically we would use sa, but amie starts with a vowel.) (ami- m, son still stays)

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My school.

Mon école. (école-f, but starting with a vowel so we use mon instead of ma.)

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Your clock.

Ton horloge. (horloge-f, but starting with silent h, (we don´t pronounce the h)

Second French Friday! This week I have a list of animals in French. Of course, there’s a lot more so stay tuned for next week’s list! I also made a Quizlet set for this list which you can find here. 

So basically, I’ve been struggling to learn French for a while. I think I don’t put enough effort in, and when I do put in the work, I’m focusing on the wrong areas to increase my knowledge and comprehension (e.g. my listening skills are absolutely abysmal, but I can read some basic writing). So really, what I’m looking for is someone going through the same thing - I have a few friends learning languages, and even a few who fluently speak foreign languages, but none of those languages are French. And as much as I enjoy other languages, I enjoy French a lot and really don’t want to give up on my French-learning journey.

Chelou = weird

La façon = the way

Regarder = to watch

La manière = the manner

Appeler = to call

Vais = am going to

Le fait = the fact

Appréciér = to appreciate

Chez = in, to

Plonger = to plunge

Le drap = the sheet

Propre = own, clean

Le pyjama = pajamas

Moins = less, fewer

Guetter = to watch

Retour = return

Franchir = to cross,pass

Mensonge = to lie

Loucher = to squint

Prendre une douche = to take shower

Répondez = to respond, answer

Raccrocher = to hang up

Raccrocher au nez = to hang up on them ( on their face)

Connaissez = to know

Mignon = cute, pretty

Des yeux = eyes

La chose = the thing

Supporter = to support, bear

Le nerf = the nerve

Jouer = to play

Garder = to keep, maintain

Bouger = to move, budge, shift

Devant = in front, before

Déhanchér = to wiggle