"I drink her water."

Translation: Je bois son eau.

[rustre-campagne1]

I have translated this to "Je bois sa eau." but it is wrong. Why should it be "son" when the water is owned by a female and the word water in french is feminine?

[Sitesurf]

In front of a word (adjective or noun) starting with a vowel, the feminine adjective "sa" becomes "son" to ease the pronounciation (and avoid the hiatus A-O here).

On top of it, you are probably aware that possessive adjectives in French agree in gender and number with the thing possessed, not with the owner.

So, you say:
"il boit son vin" (the water could be his or someone else's);
"elle boit son vin" (same comment)
"il boit son eau" (same comment)
"elle boit son eau" (same comment).

[rustre-campagne1]

That's a really good explanation.
Yes, I thought it was something to do with that but I was just making sure I wasn't missing anything else.
Thank you!

[OtisWishart]

I understand and agree with all this (i got the question right) but is there any way we would be able to know if we were drinking a girls water if we used the masculine 'son' other than context?

[anansi1976]

thank's for the explanation.

[drsbitaraf]

Thanks for solving my problem

[pinkpinkypink]

why can't i write it as je bois sa l'eau?

[Sitesurf]

If you back translate it, you get: I drink her the water.

You cannot have 2 determiners in front of the same noun: either an article, or a possessive or a demonstrative.

[pinkpinkypink]

got it:) thx a lot

[Dystopian]

I had the same question, thanks for the answer.

[AnneGo123]

I used Elle, what's the difference between Elle and sa/son?

[deactivated user]

Elle means she,and sa/son means her.

For example:

Elle a un chat

(she has a cat)

Son chat est noir

(her cat is black)

[deactivated user]

Almost wrote "yo bebo".then almost wrote "agua".
Lucky I didn't,but I didn't learn Spanish for a very long time,why am I so confused suddenly?I wasn't before...