Basic French Family

le chien d'Anna

Anna's dog

In English we say my mother and my father.

In French you'd say mon père and ma mère, because words like my and your change based on the gender of the word after them!

Ma femme s'appelle Alice.

My wife's name is Alice.

C'est la fille de Julia.

This is Julia's daughter.

une femme et une fille

a woman and a girl

Before vowels, de becomes d'.

d'

Fille can mean either

girl or daughter.

masculine mon père, ton frère,son fils

my father, your brother, his/her son

feminine ma mère, ta sœur, sa fille

my mother, your sister, his/her/ daughter

Femme can mean

woman or wife.

In English, we say Marie's cat

But in French, you'd switch the word order and say le chat de Marie.