________ arrogance est insultante.Your arrogance is insulting.HINT: Use the 'tu' form
Arrogance est une mot féminin, alors, le correct est >, pas?
In most cases, you use the possessive adjectives ma, ta, or sa with a feminine noun (ma valise, ma petite sœur). See Mon, ma, mes; ton, ta, tes; son, sa, ses = my; your; his / her (possessive adjectives)
HOWEVER, you need to know two things:
1. The possessive adjective's ending is always determined by the word directly following it.
2. You never use ma, ta, sa in front of a word starting with a vowel or mute h, even if the related noun is feminine: you use mon, ton, son instead, to ease pronunciation.
2. You never use ma, ta, sa in front of a word starting with a vowel or mute h, even if the related noun is feminine: you use mon, ton, son instead, to ease pronunciation.
Here are the different contexts where this rule matters:
mon / ton / son + feminine noun starting with a vowel/mute h
When ma, ta, sa is followed directly by a feminine noun starting with a vowel or mute h, it becomes mon, ton, son.
ma / ta / sa + adjective starting with a consonant + feminine noun starting with a vowel/mute h
If ma, ta, sa is followed directly by an adjective starting with a consonant, even if the related feminine noun starts with a vowel or mute h, it remains ma, ta, sa.
mon / ton / son + adjective starting with a vowel/mute h + feminine noun
If ma, ta, sa is followed directly by an adjective starting with a vowel or mute h, even if the related feminine noun starts with a consonant, it becomes mon, ton, son.
More Possessive Adjectives
Notre, nos, votre, vos, leur, leurs = our, your, their (possessive adjectives)
and also the more advanced
Common mistakes with mon/ma/mes, ton/ta/tes and son/sa/ses (possessive adjectives)
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HelenaKwiziq community member
Feminim ou Masculin
Asked 2 months ago
Hi Helena,
The answer would have been -
Ton arrogance est insultante
We use 'ton' because although the word 'arrogance' is feminine, there would be a clash of vowels if you said,
ta arrogance
just as in, ton ami/ton amie
Hope this helps!
Helena asked:View original
Feminim ou Masculin
________ arrogance est insultante.Your arrogance is insulting.HINT: Use the 'tu' form
Arrogance est une mot féminin, alors, le correct est >, pas?
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JackKwiziq Q&A regular contributor
How do you say "silvie talks to her friend" where the friend is male?
The personal pronoun is also "son". Therefore "you cannot say" is the correct answer! Non?
Asked 1 year ago
Although the possessive adjective would be "son" in both cases, the noun would be different - "ami" instead of "amie". So you know the friend is a woman in this case. Of course they're both pronounced the same, so if it were spoken rather than written then "you cannot say" would be the correct answer.
Sylvie parle à son amie. (female)
Sylvie parle à son ami. (male)
JackKwiziq Q&A regular contributor
Thanks Alan, now i get it. In a similar kwi zig question: le professeur parle a son eleve, the eleve could be male or female. Oui?
Jack asked:View original
How do you say "silvie talks to her friend" where the friend is male?
The personal pronoun is also "son". Therefore "you cannot say" is the correct answer! Non?
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