Mes vêtements..

Question

One of the microkwiz questions I had on this lesson asked you to fill in the blank when talking about "my"... "Mes vêtements...."

.. But the possessive is not covered in this lesson and ive not seen it mentioned so far in what I've studied on lawless. I've been googling for a while now but still confused as to how to conjugate for my/your/their

Thanks

Accepted Answer

Hi James,
The Kwiziq lessons on possessives you need are the following ones -
https://french.kwiziq.com/revision/grammar/use-mon-ma-mes-ton-ta-tes-son-sa-ses-to-say-my-your-his-her-possessive-adjectives
https://french.kwiziq.com/revision/grammar/use-notre-nos-votre-vos-leur-leurs-to-say-our-your-and-their-possessive-adjectives
Hope this helps!

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Thanks Cécile. But those lessons don't mention the verb. My confusion is, for example...Mes collègues finissent leur présentation.I'm not sure how we know the correct verb is finissent? Thanks

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Okay, what you need is to find out what the personal/subject pronouns are -
in your example:
mes collègues ( ils) finissent leur présentation =  My colleagues (they) finish their presentation
Take alook at the following Kwiziq lesson on subject pronouns -
https://french.kwiziq.com/revision/glossary/pronoun-type/les-pronoms-sujets-subject-pronouns
and each will have a different verb ending , known as conjugation which can't be summarised here but just to add, it is more complicated than in English and needs to be studied a verb and tense at a time.