In French, just like in English, possessive pronouns are used to indicate possession. However, they have different forms to agree with the gender and number of the thing possessed.
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The expressions for 'ours', 'yours' and 'theirs' in French agree in gender and number with the noun they imply or replace:
| ours | yours (pl) | theirs | |
| masc.sing. | le nôtre | le vôtre | le leur |
| fem.sing. | la nôtre | la vôtre | la leur |
| masc.pl. | les nôtres | les vôtres | les leurs |
| fem.pl. | les nôtres | les vôtres | les leurs |
See also Le mien/le tien/le sien/etc = Mine/yours/his/hers/its (French Possessive Pronouns)
and Expressing possession in French with "être à"
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