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Les nôtres sont dans la voiture avec les valises.

Les nôtres sont dans la voiture avec les valises.
Ours are in the car with the suitcases.
From Lesson 104:Possessive pronouns (le mien, le tien...)·French

Questions & Answers about Les nôtres sont dans la voiture avec les valises.

Why use les nôtres instead of nos?
nos is a possessive adjective meaning 'our' and must be followed by a noun, like in nos valises (our suitcases). les nôtres is a possessive pronoun meaning 'ours'. It stands completely on its own and replaces the noun entirely.
Why is there an accent on the 'o' in nôtres?
The circumflex accent (the little hat) is crucial here! It distinguishes the pronoun les nôtres (ours) from the adjective notre (our). It also slightly changes the pronunciation, making the 'o' sound a bit longer and more closed.
Does les nôtres change depending on whether the objects we are talking about are masculine or feminine?
No, the plural form les nôtres is exactly the same whether it replaces masculine or feminine plural nouns. You only need to worry about gender for the singular forms of 'ours': le nôtre (masculine) and la nôtre (feminine).
I've learned en voiture means 'by car'. Why does this sentence use dans la voiture?
You use en voiture when talking about a method of travel. Since this sentence is about the physical location of objects (they are literally inside a specific car), you must use the preposition dans (inside) followed by the article la.

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