Breakdown of Cette entreprise est internationale, et ses valeurs correspondent aux miennes.
Questions & Answers about Cette entreprise est internationale, et ses valeurs correspondent aux miennes.
Why is it cette entreprise and not ce entreprise or cet entreprise?
Because entreprise is a feminine singular noun.
French demonstratives agree with the noun:
- ce = masculine singular
- cet = masculine singular before a vowel sound
- cette = feminine singular
- ces = plural
So:
- ce livre = this book
- cet hôtel = this hotel
- cette entreprise = this company
- ces entreprises = these companies
What exactly does entreprise mean here?
Why is it internationale with an extra -e?
Why is it ses valeurs and not sa valeurs?
Because possessive adjectives in French agree with the thing possessed, not with the owner.
The owner here is cette entreprise, which is singular, so we need a form meaning its. But the possessed thing is valeurs, which is plural, so the correct form is ses.
Compare:
- sa valeur = its value
- ses valeurs = its values
So even though the company is singular, valeurs is plural, which is why French uses ses.
Why is it ses and not leurs?
Because leurs is used when the owner is plural.
Here the owner is just one thing: cette entreprise. So French uses the singular-owner set:
- son / sa / ses = his, her, its
If there were several companies, you would use:
- leur / leurs = their
So:
- Cette entreprise et ses valeurs = this company and its values
- Ces entreprises et leurs valeurs = these companies and their values
Is ses pronounced the same as ces?
Why is the verb correspondent in the plural?
Because the subject of the verb is ses valeurs, which is plural.
The verb is correspondre. In the present tense:
- je corresponds
- tu corresponds
- il/elle correspond
- nous correspondons
- vous correspondez
- ils/elles correspondent
Since valeurs is plural, French uses correspondent.
Also, the final -ent here is not pronounced.
Why does French use correspondre à here?
Because correspondre normally takes the preposition à.
So French says:
- correspondre à quelque chose
In this sentence:
- ses valeurs correspondent aux miennes
This is different from English, where match can take a direct object:
- English: Its values match mine
- French: Ses valeurs correspondent aux miennes
So à is required by the verb.
Why is it aux miennes?
Why is it miennes and not just mes?
Because mes is a possessive adjective, while les miennes is a possessive pronoun.
In this sentence, French avoids repeating valeurs, so it uses the pronoun:
- ses valeurs correspondent aux miennes
Also, miennes agrees with the noun it replaces, valeurs, which is feminine plural.
The full set is:
- le mien = mine (masculine singular)
- la mienne = mine (feminine singular)
- les miens = mine (masculine plural)
- les miennes = mine (feminine plural)
Could I also say ses valeurs correspondent à mes valeurs?
Yes, that is grammatically correct.
But French often prefers aux miennes to avoid repeating valeurs:
- ses valeurs correspondent à mes valeurs = correct, but repetitive
- ses valeurs correspondent aux miennes = more natural and elegant
So the sentence uses a possessive pronoun simply to sound smoother.
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