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Demonstrative & Possessive Pronouns

celui, le mien

Demonstrative pronouns: celui, celle, ceux, celles

Meaning 'the one(s)'.

📊 Demonstrative pronouns
Gender/Number Pronoun
m. sing. celui
f. sing. celle
m. plural ceux
f. plural celles
💬 Examples
celui de Marie
Marie's (the one of Marie)
📝 celui + de
Quel livre ? Celui-là.
Which book? That one.
📝 celui-là = that one
Possessive pronouns: le mien, la tienne ...

Meaning 'mine, yours, his/hers'.

💬 Examples
C'est le mien.
It's mine.
📝 le mien = mine (m)
la tienne
yours (f)
📝 Agrees with the thing owned
They agree with the thing owned

Not with the owner.

💬 Examples
ma voiture et la tienne
my car and yours
📝 la tienne agrees with 'voiture' (f)
mes livres et les siens
my books and his/hers
📝 les siens (m. plural)