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RonaKwiziq community member
hi in the lesson there is
This question relates to:French lesson "Mon, ma, mes; ton, ta, tes; son, sa, ses = my; your; his / her (possessive adjectives)"
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RonaKwiziq community member
Il déteste son frère.
He hates his brother.
but how would you change this to be the french for he hates HER brother
MeghnaKwiziq Q&A regular contributor
Rona, The sentence would be Elle déteste son frère. The elle would indicate her. SON won't change.
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Are you sure Son doesn't change to Sa as you are describing gender possessive, and the brother being the possessive to the Female makes Sa?
ClariceKwiziq community member
"son" agree with the gender of the noun "frère". So it's right to say "Elle déteste son frère."
TerriKwiziq Q&A regular contributor
He hates her brother. The subject is he, il. the object is 'her brother'. brother is masculine, so would be 'son frère'. So if I understand rightly, He hates her brother would be Il déteste son frère.
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This is a very good question, which I think the lesson should address.
My understanding is that whilst, grammatically, «Il déteste son frère» could be someone else's brother, in practice it would be understood as "He hates his brother" unless you have surrounding context to the contrary.
If you need to clearly refer to someone else's brother then you have to use a structure like the one Dawn suggests, with either à or de. If it's a (stress) pronoun, then you need to use 'à', if it's a name or noun, then you need to use 'de': https://www.thoughtco.com/french-possession-1368906
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