mes lunettes (feminine and plural)
"Mes amis" My friends (plural masculine) "Mes amies" My friends (plural femenine)
"Mes amis" contains a pronoun already: "mes" is a possessive pronoun, meaning "my".
Mes amis... even one male in the group makes it masculine :)
You pronounce "mes amies" as "may zah-mee," with the emphasis on the second syllable of "amies."
- masculine : ami, amis ; - feminine : amie, amies. The pronounciation is the same (ah-mee) in every form.
"Mon", "ma", and "mes" all mean "my" in French.Ma = my + feminine noun > ma voiture : my car.Mon = my + masculine noun > mon vélo : my bicycle. It can also be used with a feminine noun which begins with a vowel sound (which would be hard to pronounce when associated with "ma", ex: mon amie.Mes = my (plural masc. or fem.) > mes amis, mes amies : my [male] friends, my [female] friends.
'Mes amis français' if they're male or a mixed female/male group and 'Mes amies françaises' if they're female may be French equivalents of 'my French friends'.The plural possessive 'mes' means 'my'. The masculine plural 'amis' and the feminine plural 'amies' mean 'friends'. The masculine plural adjective 'français'and the feminine plural adjective 'françaises' mean 'French'.All together, they respectively are pronounced 'meh-zah-mee fraw-seh' and 'meh-zah-mee fraw-sehz'.
Avec mes amis / mes amies
"Beaux amis" in the masculine and "belles amies" in the feminine are French equivalents of the English phrase "beautiful friends."Specifically, the masculine plural adjective "beaux" and the feminine "belles" mean "beautiful, handsome." The masculine noun "amis" and the feminine "amies" mean "friends." The respective pronunciations are "boh-zah-mee" and "behl-zah-mee.".
mes amis (masc.) mes amies (fem.)
joyeux Noël mes amis / mes amies