quick question: in French you say "ce sont NOS livres". Why is le pluriel of "le nôtre", written as "les nôtres" in this lesson?!
les notres?!
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les notres?!
Bonjour Merik,
As Maarten pointed out there are different ways of expressing possession in French:
C'est mon livre = This is my book -> Possessive adjectives
Ce sont mes livres = These are my books -> Possessive adjectives
Ce sont nos livres = These are our books -> Possessive adjectives
-> Mon, ma, mes; ton, ta, tes; son, sa, ses = my; your; his / her (possessive adjectives) - Notre, nos, votre, vos, leur, leurs = our, your, their (possessive adjectives)
C'est le mien = This is mine -> Possessive pronouns
Ce sont les miens = These are mine -> Possessive pronouns
C'est le nôtre = This is ours -> Possessive pronouns
Ce sont les nôtres = These are ours -> Possessive pronouns
-> Le mien, le tien, le sien, etc = Mine, yours, his/hers/its (possessive pronouns) - Le nôtre, le vôtre, le leur, etc = Ours, yours, theirs (possessive pronouns)
I hope this is helpful.
Bonne journée !
Not sure what you are querying. You seem to be mixing up 2 different ways to describe “possession” in French. There are a number of different ways to express possession. The plural of le nôtre is les nôtres. https://kwiziq.learnfrenchwithalexa.com/search?s=Possessive+
les notres?!
quick question: in French you say "ce sont NOS livres". Why is le pluriel of "le nôtre", written as "les nôtres" in this lesson?!
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