In Class

     So this week we've been doing a ton of review from last year (french one), and have worked a bit with possessive adjectives. These in english would be my, your, his, hers, etc. Except that, in french everything is 20 times more confusing! There are three different types of the word "my". If you're using it in front of a singular, feminine noun, you use "ma". In front of a singular, masculine noun, it's "mon" (pronounced mohn), but if it's in front of a plural noun, you've got to use "mes" (pronounced may) whether the following noun is feminine OR masculine!

     

     If you've never taken any french, you're probably wondering what in the world I mean by masculine and feminine nouns. Basically, every noun in french must be coupled with an article (a/an, the, etc.), or a possessive adjective, which will tell you whether that particular noun is masculine or feminine. You can think of these as the Mr. or Mrs. of a noun... I really have no idea why the French do this, but that's the way it is! For example, the french word table, "table" (pronounced tob-luh) is a feminine noun. Therefore, when you are talking about the table, you would say la table. However, if you wanted to say the tables, the "la" would then change to "les" (lay), because the noun is plural. Les tables.

     

     Here are some more examples:

             My table = Ma table.

             My tables = Mes tables.

             My pen (This is a masculine noun) = Mon stylo.