French possessive pronouns are used to replace nouns so that you can indicate to whom or to what those nouns belong. Watch my video lesson below, and get a free downloadable PDF of the lesson guide to accompany it in my private French Grammar Library.
Top Tips – French Possessive Pronouns
‼ Possessive pronouns agree with nouns in number and gender.
‼ Possessive pronouns are always preceded by definite articles: LE – LA – LES
‼ Possessive pronouns agree with nouns in number and gender.
‼ Possessive pronouns replace nouns preceded by possessive adjectives.
‼ CAREFUL: Make agreement with the noun in questions, and not the subject of the sentence.
‼ Plural possessive pronouns only have three forms.
‼ Use the NOUS form with the subject pronoun ON.
‼ When à and de come before le and les, you have to form contractions: AU or AUX and DU or DES
