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Son, sa, ses: they agree with the thing

CEFR A1 · part 2

edumaterial's parts within the level. The European framework does not subdivide them.

The rule, in three lines

The French possessive agrees with the thing owned, not the owner: son livre (his or her book), sa voiture, ses amis. Before a vowel it is always son: son amie. And with several owners, leur / leurs.

The usual slip. Choosing by the owner. Sa voiture is both «his car» and «her car»: what decides is that voiture is feminine.

Why it catches you out. English chooses by the owner —his car, her car— which is the opposite rule. So you spend the whole exercise thinking about the wrong noun, and nothing in the sentence warns you.