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I am learning French, and I had a question on how possessions work. I understand that

"I am my father's son."
would be
"Je suis le fils de mon pere."

I am curious if there is an equivalent way to say this in a possessive sense, such as "father's son" with the apostrophe. I don't know if
"Je suis mon pere son fils."
is proper. I'm guessing not. That sounds more like
"I am my father his son."

Anyway, if you know the proper way of possessions here I'd appreciate knowing.

(I didn't include the unique marks on some of the letters in French, but I do know they belong there.)

2007-11-09 07:59:34 · 4 answers · asked by Jean-Francois 5 in Society & Culture Languages

4 answers

You can't do this in French. You pretty much have to say what you have at the top ("I am the son of my father").

You can say it a couple ways in English because English is basically a Germanic language, and you have two ways to say this in German:
1. Ich bin der sohn meines vaters. (I am the son of my father)
2. Ich bin meines vaters sohn. (I am my father's son)

2007-11-09 08:08:25 · answer #1 · answered by An Draoi Dall 3 · 1 0

The thing in French is that natives pronounce "Je suis le fils de mon père" as "Shwee lew feasd mo pair." So it's just as easy to say it in French as it is in English but the word order is different. But French is a very wordy language, more so than Spanish.

2007-11-09 14:13:02 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0 1

No can do apostrophe in French. Must say "I am the son of my father" like you said.

2007-11-09 08:20:13 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

Hey, for once something in French grammar is easy, don't make it complicated! In French, possession is always expressed with "de'. Easy!

2007-11-09 09:15:20 · answer #4 · answered by Millie 5 · 0 2

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