Je trouve ma dinde moins sèche que le tienne.

Steve D.C1Kwiziq community member

Je trouve ma dinde moins sèche que le tienne.

I answered "le votre". Would I say "le tienne" to a stranger, for example?

Asked 1 year ago
CécileNative French expert teacher in KwiziqCorrect answer

Hi Steve, 

Talking to someone you said 'vous' to (could be just a mark of respect and not necessarily a stranger) you could say -

... que la vôtre

with a circumflex and it is accepted as a possibility.

Hope this helps!

 

Maarten K.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Steve, no, you wouldn’t use “le tien’ or ‘la tienne” when talking to someone you would ‘vouvoyer’.  ( Note, it should be ‘la tienne’ for ‘ ta dinde’, not le tienne or le tien ).

https://www.wordreference.com/fren/vouvoyer

Je trouve ma dinde moins sèche que le tienne.

I answered "le votre". Would I say "le tienne" to a stranger, for example?

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