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V: Airport and Train

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V: Hotels

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G: Regular -ir Verbs

The second category of regular French verbs is -ir verbs. To conjugate, drop the -ir to find the "stem" or "root". Add endings to the root based on the subject and tense.

finir - to finish

pronoun	ending	verb
je	-is	finis
tu	-is	finis
il/elle	-it	finit
nous	-issons	finissons
vous	-issez	finissez
ils/elles	-issent	finissent

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G: Possessive Adjectives

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Formation

First Person		Second Person		Third Person
Singular	mon, ma, mes	my	ton, ta, tes	your	son, sa, ses	his, her
Plural	notre, notre, nos	our	votre, votre, vos	your	leur, leur, leurs	their

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Usage

As you can probably tell from their name, possessive adjective are used to express possession of an object.

• C'est mon livre. - It's my book.

In English the possessive adjective agrees with the subject (his sister, her brother). But in French, possessive adjectives act like all other adjectives: they must agree with the noun they modify.

Masculine Noun le livre		Feminine Noun la voiture
le livre de Marc the book of Marc	son livre his book	la voiture de Marc the car of Marc	sa voiture his car
les livres de Marc the books of Marc	ses livres his books	les voitures de Marc the cars of Marc	ses voitures his cars
le livre de Marie the book of Marie	son livre her book	la voiture de Marie the car of Marie	sa voiture her car
les livres de Marie the books of Marie	ses livres her books	les voitures de Marie the cars of Marie	ses voitures her cars

Whether the third person singular possessive adjectives son, sa and ses are his or her is indicated by context.

• Elle lit son livre. - She reads her book.

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Liaison and Adjective Changes

Liaison occurs when mon, ton, and son are followed by a vowel.

• Il est mon_nami. - He is my friend.
• Il est ton_nami. - He is your friend.
• Il est son_nami. - He is his/her friend.

Liaison also occurs with all plural forms, since they all end in s.

• Ils sont mes_zamis. - They are my friends.
• Ils sont nos_zamis. - They are our friends.

Mon, ton, and son are used before a feminine singular noun that starts with a vowel or silent h. Elision (to m', t', or s') does not occur.

• Elle est mon_namie. - She is my friend.

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