le mien ou la mienne

Jan B.B1Kwiziq community member

le mien ou la mienne

For this question, Sa bonne résolution est de parler français et ________ est de parler anglais !

I put in le mien and was marked wrong.  i don't see any indication that the speaker is male or female, so why is the answer "la mienne"

Asked 1 year ago
Jim J.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor Correct answer

Hi Jan,

The point to highlight here is "la résolution (noun feminine)."

If you imagine that you are talking to your friend about your respective resolutions.

So we have "la mienne"    --> my resolution: where we have the possessive pronoun mienne (mine) after the definite article la (representing résolution) in the sense "the (resolution) of mine is to speak English."

 

Hope this helps.

Bonne continuation

Jim

Carles L.B2Kwiziq community member

The gender of the possessive pronoun depends on the gender of the possession, not the owner. Since "résolution" is female, so must the pronoun be. Note that it also says "Sa bonne résolution", even though there is also no indication that the other person is female.

Barbara A.A1Kwiziq community member

resolution est feminine

le mien ou la mienne

For this question, Sa bonne résolution est de parler français et ________ est de parler anglais !

I put in le mien and was marked wrong.  i don't see any indication that the speaker is male or female, so why is the answer "la mienne"

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