Questions & Answers about Sa maison est sur la droite.
The English translation says "His house", but isn't sa the feminine word for "her"?
In French, words for "his" and "her" (son, sa, ses) match the gender of the thing being owned, not the person who owns it! Because maison (house) is a feminine word, we must use sa. Sa maison can mean "his house" or "her house" depending on who we are talking about. Since this lesson is about où (where), how would I ask the question that gets this sentence as an answer?
You would ask: Où est sa maison ? (Where is his house?). Putting the question word où at the beginning, followed by the verb est (is) and the subject sa maison, is a very common and simple way to ask for a location. I learned that "on the right" is à droite. Why does this sentence use sur la droite?
Both phrases are used to give locations and answer où questions. À droite generally means "to the right", while sur la droite specifically means "on the right-hand side". In everyday French, you will hear both used to tell someone where something is. Why is there a la before droite here?
In French, directions like right (droite) and left (gauche) are feminine nouns. When you use the preposition sur (on), you need to include the word for "the" (la) because you are literally saying "on the right". If you use à instead of sur, the la is simply dropped to become à droite. Learn Sa maison est sur la droite and more in French
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