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[maiden panther]

Please be patient

Our volunteers look into many questions every day; sometimes it takes them a little while to answer.

Pro tip: you can rename the thread title with `.tr <thread name>`

Make it descriptive, including relevant context, but also to the point. This way you improve your chances of getting a more relevant and specific answer.

[jade sleet]

In French possessive adjectives are generally not used for what's called "inalienable possession"

which basically means we don't indicate possessionw hen it's for body parts

In English
I brush my teeth
You wash your hair
He hurt his back

In French
Je me brosse les dents
Tu te laves les cheveux
Il s'est fait mal au dos (au = à + le)

[placid fiber]

okay, i understand. Do i need to state possessive adjectives when the action i describe involves two people? Just a stupid example, like "i wash your hair"= Je te lave les cheveux or just "lave les cheveux"?

[jade sleet]

no, you'd leave it off because the pronoun already tells you who the hair belongs to

[placid fiber]

okay that makes sense