Look at the sentences:
Puis-je emprunter ton vélo? J'ai perdu le mien.
Can I borrow your bike? I've lost mine.
C'est à qui ce stylo? C'est le mien.
Whose is this pen? It's mine.
Ces lunettes de soleil ne sont pas les siennes.
Those sunglasses are not his.
The expressions for 'mine', 'yours' and 'his/hers' in French agree in gender and number with the noun they imply or replace:
| mine | yours | his/hers | |
| masc.sing. | le mien | le tien | le sien |
| fem.sing. | la mienne | la tienne | la sienne |
| masc.pl. | les miens | les tiens | les siens |
| fem.pl. | les miennes | les tiennes | les siennes |
See also Le nôtre, le vôtre, le leur, etc = Ours, yours, theirs (possessive pronouns)
and Expressing possession with être à
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Ces lunettes de soleil ne sont pas les siennes.
Those sunglasses are not his.
J'aime bien ta voiture, elle est mieux que la mienne.
I like your car, it's better than mine.
Puis-je emprunter ton vélo? J'ai perdu le mien.
Can I borrow your bike? I've lost mine.
C'est à qui ce stylo? C'est le mien.
Whose is this pen? It's mine.
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Laura
Kwiziq language super star
11/04/17
You use ton with masculine nouns like vélo, and ta with femininte nouns like voiture. See our lesson at https://progress.lawlessfrench.com/my-languages/french/view/3190
Melody
Kwiziq community member
16/06/16
Aurélie
Kwiziq language super star
17/06/16
Bonjour Melody !
Thank you for your request, these links were indeed much needed, and thanks to you, they've been added to the related lessons.
Here is the link to the lesson regarding expressing possession with être à + stress pronoun:
https://progress.lawlessfrench.com/revision/grammar/how-to-express-possession-with-etre-a
Merci et à bientôt !
Daniel
Kwiziq community member
21 June 2017
1 reply
J'aime bien ta voiture, elle est mieux que la mienne.
Why mieux and not meilleure? Une bonne voiture, une voiture meilleure que la mienne?
Ron
Kwiziq community member
21 June 2017
21/06/17
J'aime bien ta voiture, elle est mieux que la mienne.
I like your car, it's better than mine.
In the phrase, obviously it is a comparaison, i.e. comparing ta voiture to la mienne. The word «mieux» is the adverb and «meilleure» is an adjective. So in comparing the two cars, the adverb is used for the comparaison. If the speaker were to be describing his own car in some detail, then the adjective would be used is the sense that I have on the difference.
Bonne chance!