In this grammar lesson you will learn how to express possession with être à.
In this lesson you will learn about:
- what stress pronouns are
- how to express possession with être à
- how être à is used in sentences
- how you can immediately test your knowledge on how to express possession with être à
- the way you can download Anki files for how to express possession with être à.
Please refer to the French A1 Curriculum to get a better overview of French grammar, if you are curious about how this idiom fits in French A1 grammar.
By the end of the lesson you will know all about how to express possession with être à.
Table of Contents
Subject Pronouns versus Stress Pronouns
| Subject Pronouns | Stress Pronouns |
| je I | moi me |
| tu you | toi you |
| il he | lui him |
| elle she | elle her |
| nous we | nous us |
| vous you | vous you |
| ils they | eux them |
| elles they [all female] | elles they [all female] |
Before we go into discussing how to express possession with être à, please look at the table.
When you want to express possession, you need to use stress pronouns in French.
You are probably used to using subject pronouns, so it is useful to go over the table with stress pronouns.
How to Express Possession with Être à
You can express possession in French in the following way:
- être à + (moi/toi/lui/elle/nous/vous/eux/elles)
C‘est à moi.
It’s mine.
C’est à toi ?
Is it yours?
La bouteille est à lui.
The bottle is his.
Le téléphone est à elle.
The phone is hers.
C’est à nous d’écrire notre histoire.
It’s up to us to write our story.
La victoire est à vous.
The victory is yours.
Le chien est à eux.
The dog is theirs.
Les clés sont à elles.
The keys are theirs.
Examples Sentences on How to Express Possession with Être à
The final section of this lesson on how to express possession with être à is about seeing the idiom in action.
This is valuable because you can improve your understanding on how to express possession with être à through examples.
C‘est à moi.
It’s mine.
Tout est à moi.
It’s all mine.
Ce cheval est à moi.
This horse is mine.
C’est à toi ?
Is it yours?
La bouteille est à lui.
The bottle is his.
Le téléphone est à elle.
The phone is hers.
C’est à nous d’écrire notre histoire.
It’s up to us to write our story.
La victoire est à vous.
The victory is yours.
Le chien est à eux.
The dog is theirs.
Les clés sont à elles.
The keys are theirs.
Test Your Knowledge on How to Express Possession with Être à
It’s not enough just to read the article on this lesson.
You should test your knowledge to see if you really understood everything, and to be able to repeat the material.
It is also for this reason that it is recommended to download the Anki Decks and do them.
At the end of every lesson you can do a small test.
You will see the sentences of the previous chapter. It is up to you to give the correct answer.
You will either need to fill in the blanks, choose the correct multiple choice option, or both.
Once you are done the correct answer will be shown.
You can redo the quiz as many times as you want.
Anki File for How to Express Possession with Être à
It is important to do the Anki excercises for this lesson, so that you can remember what you just studied.
By downloading the Anki File for French A1 you can practice every French A1 lesson that is on Language Atlas.
At this moment the Anki File for this lesson doesn’t exist yet. However, in due time this will be available on Language Atlas.
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