Talking about your House

How to say where things are, what they are like, and to whom they belong.

C’est la maison de qui?To tell that something belongs to someone, you

can use “de” = of, or a possessive pronoun (Ex = mon, ma, mes).

C’est la chambre de Caroline = It is Caroline’s room. (The French NEVER use ‘s to show possession).

mon, ma, mes = my notre, nos = our

ton, ta, tes = your votre, vos = your

son, sa, ses = his/her leur, leurs =

their

Ex = C’est sa chambre. = It is his (or her) room.

Où sont les toilettes???

To tell where things are, you are going to need to know prepositions (in front of, next to, behind, to the right of...)

Many of these end with the word de (of) in French.

When de is followed by le, la, l’ or les, it forms a contraction.

Contractions with “de”

de + le = du

de + la = de la

de + l’ = de l’

de + les = des

Ex: La table de nuit est à droite du lit.

C’est une belle maison!

In French, most adjectives come after the verb they describe.

Ex: La maison blanche

There are some adjectives that come before the noun they describe. We categorize these as BAGS adjectives.

Ex: La belle maison

BAGS adjectivesBAGS stands for

Beauty: Beau, Joli

Age: Nouveau, Vieux, Jeune

Goodness: Bon, Mauvais

Size: Grand, Petit

Irregular BAGS adjectives (beau, nouveau, and

vieux)

MASCSING

MASCPLURAL

FEMSING

FEMPLURAL

MASCSING

BEFORE VOWEL

BEAU BEAUX BELLE BELLES BEL

NOUVEAU

NOUVEAUX

NOUVELLE

NOUVELLES

NOUVEL

VIEUX VIEUX VIEILLE VIEILLES VIEIL