Possessive Pronouns and Adjectives

Possessive words indicate ownership or belonging. French has two categories: possessive adjectives (which go before a noun) and possessive pronouns (which replace a noun). Both agree with the thing possessed, not with the possessor — this is a key difference from English.

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Part 1: Possessive Adjectives (mon, ma, mes, ton, ta, tes, etc.)

Possessive adjectives come before the noun and agree in gender and number with the noun they modify (not the owner):

Owner	Masculine Singular	Feminine Singular	Plural
je	mon	ma	mes
tu	ton	ta	tes
il / elle / on	son	sa	ses
nous	notre	notre	nos
vous	votre	votre	vos
ils / elles	leur	leur	leurs

Examples