French I: Verb Charts
French I: Possession
The idiom être à (to belong to) is usually used to show possession of a thing. Conjugate être to agree with the subject, and if the sentence contains two or more nouns, repeat the preposition à before each noun: Ces CDs sont à Mathieu et à Bernard. (These CDs belong to Mathew and Bernard.)
Note how être à is used in questions, as follows:
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À qui est ce stylo? (Whose pen is this?)
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À qui sont ces magazines? (Whose magazines are these?)
