infographic de possession

When the owner is not a proper
name, an ARTICLE is REQUIRED
BEFORE the noun.
ex: Le chat de la mère Michelle
La voiture de sa copine
In English you would simply say: My
sister's book, my friend's car
La préposition De
In English, we use‘s(apostrophe s) to
indicate that one noun possesses
another. This is IMPOSSIBLE in French.
The French equivalent is
theprepositionde.
Article + NOUN + DE + owner
ex: La radio de Thomas
De becomes D' if the name start
with a vowel
ex: La voiture d'Emile
Le cahier de Pierre
La bicyclette de sa soeur
Le chien d'une amie
Un ami du professeur
Un film préféré de tous les enfants
Lesbeaux livres de la bibliothécaire
In French, theobject comes firstand
theowner last(the reverse of English).
Le vélo de l'étudiant = The student's bike
Remember? You first talk about what
you want to talk about and then you
describe it.
De contracts with the articles Le and
Les
Noun + de + article + noun is also
used to talk about relationship
ex: Le chien du voisin
La voiture des parents
ex: La soeur de ma mère