YOURS, MINE and OURS - see also Possessive 01 and Possessive 03
On Possessive 01 you will find the 'mon', 'ma', 'mes' words that are usually learned first. However if you don't want to say 'my car' but just 'mine', you need a different set of words (and these still have to *agree* with the item being referred to, ie whether it's (m) or (f), (sg) or (pl), even if you're not mentioning the item itself).
Note that different forms are used for (m) and (f) *plurals*.
le mien |
mine (m)(s) |
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la mienne |
mine (f)(s) |
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les miens |
mine (m)(pl) |
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les miennes |
mine (f)(pl) |
le tien |
yours (m)(s) |
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la tienne |
yours (f)(s) |
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les tiens |
yours (m)(pl) |
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les tiennes |
yours (f)(pl) |
le sien |
his (m)(s) |
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la sienne |
his (f)(s) |
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les siens |
his (m)(pl) |
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les siennes |
his (f)(pl) |
le sien |
hers (m)(s) |
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la sienne |
hers (f)(s) |
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les siens |
hers (m)(pl) |
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les siennes |
hers (f)(pl) |
le notre |
ours (m)(s) |
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la notre |
ours (f)(s) |
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les notres |
ours (m)(pl) |
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les notres |
ours (f)(pl) |
le votre |
yours (m)(s) |
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la votre |
yours (f)(s) |
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les votres |
yours (m)(pl) |
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les votres |
yours (f)(pl) |
le leur |
theirs (m)(s) |
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la leur |
theirs (f)(s) |
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les leurs |
theirs (m)(pl) |
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les leurs |
theirs (f)(pl) |
le leur |
theirs (m)(s) |
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la leur |
theirs (f)(s) |
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les leurs |
theirs (m)(pl) |
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les leurs |
theirs (f)(pl) |