1.1.7.3 Possessive Pronouns, in L'Huillier, Advanced French Grammar

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Monique L'Huillier

Advanced French Grammar

1. Framework

1.1 Parts of Speech

1.1.7 Pronouns

1.1.7.3 Possessive Pronouns

Stressed possessive adjectives are now obsolete in French. However, their nominalized forms now serve as possessive pronouns. We make their nominalization explicit by providing the definite article.

le mien, la mienne, les miens, les miennes

le tien, la tienne, les tiens, les tiennes

le sien, la sienne, les siens, les siennes

le nôtre, la nôtre, les nôtres

le vôtre, la vôtre, les vôtres

le leur, la leur, les leus

The possessive pronouns must agree in gender and number with the possessed thing. And, they must agree n person and number with whoever is doing the possession. 

L'Huillier, Monique. Advanced French Grammar. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999.

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