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Mes lunettes sont sur la table.

Mes lunettes sont sur la table.
My glasses are on the table.
From Lesson 80:Irregular plurals (-x)·French

Breakdown of Mes lunettes sont sur la table.

la table
the table
sur
on
mon
my
les lunettes
the glasses, the spectacles

Questions & Answers about Mes lunettes sont sur la table.

Why is mes used here instead of mon or ma?
Mes is the plural form of the word for my. Because lunettes (glasses) is a plural word, you must use the plural possessive adjective mes, regardless of whether the owner is male or female.
Is the word for eyeglasses always plural in French, just like in English?
Yes! When referring to the glasses you wear to see, lunettes is always plural and feminine. If you want to talk about a single pair, you can say une paire de lunettes (a pair of glasses) or just keep it plural like in this sentence.
If I wanted to talk about drinking glasses, would I still use lunettes?
No, lunettes only refers to eyeglasses. If your drinking glasses were on the table, you would use the word verres and say Mes verres sont sur la table.
Does the preposition sur ever combine with la?
No, sur la (on the) never contracts or combines. In French, only the prepositions à (to/at) and de (of/from) combine with certain words, specifically the articles le and les.

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