...to which they are joined ; as, it is my snuffbox, c'est ma tabatière. 2. Alon, ton, sun, see p. \0r are used instead of ma, ta, sa, .before feminine nouns beginning with a vowrl or k mute, for the sweetness of sound ; as, my sword, mon tpie ; thy soul, ton «»/c ; his friendship,...

...de la nôtre, à la nôtre, la vôtre, de la vôtre, à la vôtre, la leur, de la leur, à la leur, Before we proceed to the demonstrative conjunctive...son, are masculine, they are used instead of ma, ta, go, before feminine nouns beginning with a vowel or h mute : thus, the concordance of genders is, in...

...which they arc joined ; as, it is my .snuff-box ; c'est ma tabatière. In this case, mon, ton, son, are used instead of ma, ta, sa, before feminine nouns beginning with a vowel or A mute, for the sweetness of sound : as, my sword ; mon épée : thy soul ; ton ame : his friendship;...

...demonstrative conjunctive article, or relative pronoun, it will be necessary to premise, that, though mon, ion, son, are masculine, they are used instead of ma, ta,...this case, sacrificed to the harmony of sound ; as mom épée (instead of ma épée) est plus courte que la sienne, my sword is shorter than his ; ton...

...and a, to or at, for the 3d. 60. There is no elision in the possessive pronouns, but mon, ton, son, are used instead of ma, ta, sa; before feminine nouns beginning with a vowel, we say, fem, mon dme, not ma dme, nor m'dme, my soul. fem, son avarice, not sa avarice, nor s'avarice,...

...mari, her husband ; sa femme, his wife ; sea enfants, his, or her children. Bem. 2. — Mon, ton, son, are used instead of ma, ta, sa, before feminine nouns beginning with a vowel or silent h : Mon âme, my soul ; votre haleine, your breath ; son adresse, his or her direction. MAS....

...lost our hat and our amis hisfriends et nos gants gloves 206.—For the sake of Euphony man, ton, son, are used instead of ma, ta, sa, before feminine nouns beginning with a vowel or silent h :— 2 Son attention cessa bient6t his attention soon flagged 207.—B. Disjunctive:—3 a....

...chapeau we have lost our hat and our et nos gants gloves 206. — For the sahe of Euphony mon, ton, son, are used instead of ma, ta, sa, before feminine nouns beginning with a vowel or silent h : — 2 Son attention cessa bientOt his attention soon flagged 207. — B. Disjunctive: —...

...your brother, your ta parents sister, and your parents (<t) For the sake of euphony,* man, ton, son, are used instead of ma, ta, sa, before Feminine Nouns beginning with a Vowel or a silent A : — Dis-moi ton opinion (f.) Tell me your opinion * See Grammar, 5 563. SECOND CONJUGATION....

...Possessive adjectives are prefixed to nouns, and agree with them (as in Latin) : fi.1i • XtXon, ton, son, are used, instead of ma, ta, sa, before feminine nouns beginning with a vowel or n mute, as : mon innocence, my innocence ; ton ambition, thy ambition ; son honnêteté, his honesty....