infographic de possession

LA
POSSESSION
La préposition De
EXAMPLES
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
THE
OPPOSITE
OF
ENGLISH
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.
LA
POSSESSION
AVEC
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
THE
OPPOSITE
OF
ENGLISH
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
DE
+
LE/LA/L'/LES
De contracts with the articles Le and
Les
ex: Le chien du voisin
La voiture des parents
Noun + de + article + noun is also
used to talk about relationship
ex: La soeur de ma mère
THE
OPPOSITE
OF
ENGLISH
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.