How people celebrate: 'son, sa, ses' meaning 'his', 'her', 'your (in general)'
Learning outcomes
I can say more about how people celebrate using 'son, sa, ses' to mean 'his, her' or 'your, their (in general)'.
I can recognise and pronounce the sound [om]/[on] and know when to use each spelling.
How people celebrate: 'son, sa, ses' meaning 'his', 'her', 'your (in general)'
Learning outcomes
I can say more about how people celebrate using 'son, sa, ses' to mean 'his, her' or 'your, their (in general)'.
I can recognise and pronounce the sound [om]/[on] and know when to use each spelling.
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Key learning points
- The SSC [om] is the same sound as [on], like in 'non' and 'nom'.
- When this sound appears in front of the letters -p or -b, it is spelled with [om] instead of [on].
- To say 'his', 'her' we use the possessive adjectives 'son' (masculine) 'sa' (feminine) or 'ses' (plural).
- Possessive adjectives agree with the noun that follows so we often need context to identify the 'possessor'.
- 'Son', 'sa' 'ses' can also mean 'your' or 'their' when talking about things belonging to people in general.
Keywords
[om] - SSC like the [om] sound in 'nom' which means 'name'
[on] - SSC like the [on] in 'non' which means 'no'
Possessive adjective - a word that goes before a noun to show ownership or belonging
Son, sa, ses - possessive adjectives for 'his, her' and 'your, their' (in general)
Common misconception
The possessive adjective 'son, sa, ses' matches the person who owns the noun that follows. So 'his' is 'son, 'her' is 'sa' and 'their' is 'ses'.
In French, the possessive pronoun matches the noun that follows it, not the person to whom the object belongs. This is why sometimes you cannot tell whether the owner is male or female because the words for 'his' and 'her' are the same in French.
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
the brother
the sister
the friend
the dog
the family
the animal
the party, celebration
holidays
the present
the house
Exit quiz
6 Questions
to organise, organsing
each person
general
birthday
amie (my)
cadeau (his)
sacs (my)
voiture (her)
vêtements (his)
sœur (my)