Voici ma famille Today we are learning how

Voici ma famille • Today we are learning how to… – introduce your extended family – say ‘my’ in French and know how to use MON, MA, MES – understand a family tree

Voici ma famille mes grands-parents mon grandpère mes grands-parents ma grandmère mon grandpère mes parents mon oncle mon père mon frère mes tantes ma mère C’est moi ma grandmère ma sœur ma tante ma cousine

J A Qui est qui? 1) Le père B 6) Le grand-père 2) La mère 3) Le grand frère 4) La tante 5) La petite sœur C D E I 7) La grand-mère 8) Le chien 9) Le chat 10)C’est moi! F H G

In French, there are 3 different words for MY - mon, ma and mes. You will know which one to use depending on the gender of the person or thing that you are talking about: e. g. Mon frère my brother Ma soeur my sister Mes parents my parents

Mon is used when the noun is masculine. Ma is used when the noun is feminine. Mes is used when the noun is plural. e. g. Mon livre Ma trousse Mes affaires my book my pencilcase my things

Now try these examples. Fill in the blanks with the correct word for MY (mon/ma/mes) mon père. 1. . . ma mère. 2. . . Now check mes cousins. 3. . . your answers. ma tante. 4. . . mon oncle. 5. . . mes grands-parents. 6. . . ma nièce. 7. . . mon mari. 8. . .

Did you get 8 out of 8? So far it’s easy peasy, isn’t it? The hardest part is knowing the gender of each noun, but remember, the plurals are easy to spot, just look for nouns ending in –s!

Just to clarify… The possessive adjective always agrees with the NOUN, not the person that it belongs to. In other words, a man would say mon livre, and a woman would also say mon livre because the book is masculine (le livre). Likewise, both men and women would say ma trousse, because pencilcase is feminine in French - it doesn't matter whether the owner of the pencilcase is male or female.