Month 1, Week 3: Family

Family words come up constantly in real conversation — and they're a great excuse to practice possessives (my, your, his/her).

Vocabulary

• la famille — the family
• le père — father
• la mère — mother
• la fille — daughter
• le fils — son
• les parents — parents
• mon / ma / mes — my (changes with gender/number)

Grammar

Possessives agree with the noun's gender, not the owner's. 'My father' is mon père (masculine), but 'my mother' is ma mère (feminine) — even though 'my' doesn't change in English.

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