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French Grammar

Possessive Pronouns (le mien, la tienne, les leurs)

Complete noun replacement strategy indicating ownership using possessive pronouns.

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Lesson Summary

Complete noun replacement strategy indicating ownership using possessive pronouns.

Grammar

From Possessive Adjective to Possessive Pronoun

Possessive adjectives are treated in possessive adjectives: singular subjects and plural subjects. When the noun they modify is omitted, the possessive adjective is replaced by a possessive pronoun, which consists of a definite article and a form that agrees in gender and number with the noun it stands for.

Possessive Pronouns

Owner	Masculine Singular	Feminine Singular	Masculine Plural	Feminine Plural
je	le mien	la mienne	les miens	les miennes
tu	le tien	la tienne	les tiens	les tiennes
il / elle	le sien	la sienne	les siens	les siennes
nous	le nôtre	la nôtre	les nôtres
vous	le vôtre	la vôtre	les vôtres
ils / elles	le leur	la leur	les leurs

Key Rules

The definite article (le, la, les) is an integral part of the pronoun and must agree with the replaced noun. For the possessors nous and vous, the circumflex accent on ô (le nôtre, le vôtre) distinguishes the pronoun from the corresponding adjective (notre, votre). The plural forms for nous and vous are identical for masculine and feminine (les nôtres, les vôtres), as are the plural forms for the third person (les leurs).

Examples:
- Mon projet est terminé. Et le tien ? (yours)
- Notre entreprise est plus petite que la leur. (theirs)

Examples

Ma formation dure six mois ; la sienne dure un an.
La sienne replaces sa formation (feminine singular).
Nos résultats sont bons, mais les leurs sont meilleurs.
Les leurs replaces leurs résultats (plural).

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Possessive Pronouns (le mien, la tienne, les leurs)Complete noun replacement strategy indicating ownership using possessive pronouns.Replace full adjective‑noun ownership pairs with the correct singular or plural possessive pronoun, ensuring agreement with the thing owned.GrammarB1grammarLearn French GrammarFrench GrammarFrom Possessive Adjective to Possessive PronounPossessive adjectives are treated in possessive adjectives: singular subjects and plural subjects. When the noun they modify is omitted, the possessive adjective is replaced by a possessive pronoun, which consists of a definite article and a form that agrees in gender and number with the noun it stands for.