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House and home: possessive pronouns
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Comparing your home with someone else's is easier with possessive pronouns: mine, yours, his, hers.
Rooms and floors
la cuisine (kitchen), le salon (living room), la salle à manger (dining room), la salle de bains (bathroom), ma chambre (my bedroom), le jardin (garden).
au rez-de-chaussée (on the ground floor), au premier étage (on the first floor), au deuxième étage (on the second floor).
Je partage ma chambre avec ... = I share my room with ...
au rez-de-chaussée (on the ground floor), au premier étage (on the first floor), au deuxième étage (on the second floor).
Je partage ma chambre avec ... = I share my room with ...
Possessive pronouns
Agreement
The pronoun agrees with the thing owned, not the owner.
Ta chambre est grande. La mienne est petite. (chambre is feminine)
Mon jardin est petit. Le sien est énorme. (his or hers)
Ta chambre est grande. La mienne est petite. (chambre is feminine)
Mon jardin est petit. Le sien est énorme. (his or hers)
Translate: My bedroom is bigger than yours (tu).
- My bedroom: ma chambre (feminine).
- Bigger than: plus grande que.
- Yours: chambre is feminine, so la tienne.
Answer: Ma chambre est plus grande que la tienne.
le mien / la mienne / les miens / les miennes, and so on. They agree with the thing owned. au rez-de-chaussée = on the ground floor.
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