his own

son propre, sa propre, ses propres, son propre / à lui, à lui ; à elle ; à soi

→ his
phrase Common #3,702
son propre, sa propre, ses propres S’emploie pour insister sur le fait que quelque chose appartient à lui et non à quelqu’un d’autre. La forme dépend du genre et du nombre du nom qui suit.
EN: He cleans his own room.
FR: Il nettoie sa propre chambre.

Let the black man have his own land and property.

Que l'homme noir possède ses propres terres et ses propres biens.

— Malcolm X (1992)

What do you mean, took his own life?

Que voulez-vous dire par «il s'est suicidé» ?

— Malcolm X (1992)

He plays the piano for his own amusement.

Il joue du piano pour son propre plaisir.

The old man tripped over his own feet.

Le vieil homme a trébuché sur ses propres pieds.

He puts his own interests above everything else.

Il fait passer ses propres intérêts avant tout.

Did he plant his own cucumber?

A-t-il planté son propre concombre ?

— The Intouchables (2011)

He may have fallen as much from the blow as from his own unstable position.

Il est possible qu'il soit tombé autant à cause du coup que de sa propre position instable.

— Anatomy of a Fall (2023)

He who feeds a hungry animal, feeds his own soul.

Celui qui nourrit un animal affamé nourrit sa propre âme.

He is afraid of his own shadow.

Il a peur de sa propre ombre.

The Mayor just tend to his own business.

Le maire s'occupe de ses propres affaires.

— Do the Right Thing (1989)

Tom wants to live on his own.

Tom veut vivre seul.

Tom tried to end his own life.

Tom a tenté de mettre fin à ses jours.

His own daughter!

Sa propre fille !

— Divorce Italian Style (1961)

Even Daniel says it, with his own words.

Daniel lui-même le dit, avec ses propres mots.

— Anatomy of a Fall (2023)

In the end, he recognized his own mistakes.

Finalement, il a reconnu ses propres erreurs.

This actor does his own stunts.

Cet acteur réalise lui-même ses cascades.

Too bad, a smart guy like you trusting his own wife.

C'est dommage qu'un type aussi intelligent que toi fasse confiance à sa propre femme.

— Carandiru (2003)

Tom built his own house.

Tom a construit sa propre maison.

His personal life is his own business, right?

Sa vie privée ne regarde que lui, n'est-ce pas ?

— The Secret in Their Eyes (2009)

He washes off their names and he puts on his own.

Il efface leurs noms et y appose le sien.

— Catch Me If You Can (2002)

He acts for his own interest.

Il agit dans son propre intérêt.

A selfish man thinks of nothing but his own feelings.

Un homme égoïste ne pense qu'à ses propres sentiments.

Not even his own kin.

Même pas ses propres proches.

— The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)

Tom almost always laughs at his own jokes.

Tom rit presque toujours de ses propres blagues.

He drives his own car.

Il conduit sa propre voiture.

Everyone creates his own destiny.

Chacun crée son propre destin.

He saved his friend at the risk of his own life.

Il a sauvé son ami au péril de sa propre vie.

He is in fear of his own shadow.

Il a peur de sa propre ombre.

Everyone ought to be the master of his own destiny.

Chacun devrait être maître de son propre destin.

Having fed the dog, he sat down to his own dinner.

Après avoir nourri le chien, il s'assit pour dîner.

With that he has pronounced his own death sentence.

Par ces mots, il a prononcé sa propre sentence de mort.

— M (1931)

His own survival is more important now.

Sa propre survie est plus importante maintenant.

Especially with his own family!

Surtout avec sa propre famille !

— Little Vera (1988)

Narcissus fell in love with his own reflection.

Narcisse tomba amoureux de son propre reflet.

He described his own experience.

Il a décrit sa propre expérience.

He never speaks of his own job.

Il ne parle jamais de son propre travail.

Of course, he wanted his own baby.

Bien sûr, il voulait son propre bébé.

— The Housemaid (2025)

Cotton mittens will prevent the baby from scratching his own face.

Les moufles en coton empêcheront le bébé de se griffer le visage.

He began to use magic for his own purpose.

Il commença à utiliser la magie à ses propres fins.

— Howl's Moving Castle (2004)

The young man knows little of his own country.

Le jeune homme connaît peu de choses de son propre pays.

She let him drive on his own.

Elle l'a laissé conduire seul.

The soldier saved his friend at the cost of his own life.

Le soldat a sauvé son ami au prix de sa propre vie.

Tom murdered his own father.

Tom a assassiné son propre père.

Tom wanted to open his own restaurant.

Tom voulait ouvrir son propre restaurant.

A student should not lose sight of his own identity.

Un étudiant ne doit pas perdre de vue sa propre identité.

Tom liked his own post.

Tom a aimé sa propre publication.

He developed his own theory.

Il a développé sa propre théorie.

He can not so much as write his own name.

Il est même incapable d'écrire son propre nom.

The gentleman best knows himself the value of his own life.

L'homme le mieux placé pour connaître la valeur de sa propre vie.

Frank Abagnale surrendered of his own accord.

Frank Abagnale s'est rendu de son plein gré.

— Catch Me If You Can (2002)

Tom took a picture of his own camera.

Tom a pris une photo de son propre appareil photo.

Let the black man have his own house.

Que l'homme noir ait sa propre maison.

— Malcolm X (1992)

He worked at the cost of his own time.

Il travaillait au détriment de son propre temps.

Tom never makes his own bed.

Tom ne fait jamais son lit.

He rescued the dog at the risk of his own life.

Il a sauvé le chien au péril de sa propre vie.

It has been three years since Bob started his own business.

Cela fait trois ans que Bob a créé sa propre entreprise.

It was his own choice.

C'était son propre choix.

— The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006)

He loves his niece like his own daughter.

Il aime sa nièce comme sa propre fille.

Everyone is responsible for his own actions.

Chacun est responsable de ses propres actes.

He was paying his own tuition, but he wound up quitting school!

Il payait lui-même ses frais de scolarité, mais il a fini par quitter l'école !

— The Garden of Sinners: Paradox Spiral (2008)

Tom makes his own original Christmas cards every year.

Tom fabrique chaque année ses propres cartes de Noël originales.

He was exiled from his own country.

Il fut exilé de son propre pays.

Tom faked his own death again.

Tom a de nouveau simulé sa propre mort.

Naturally, after having sent his own son to an orphanage!

Naturellement, après avoir envoyé son propre fils à l'orphelinat !

— Loveless (2017)

He can not write his own name.

Il ne sait pas écrire son propre nom.

He saved the boy from drowning, but only at the cost of his own life.

Il a sauvé le garçon de la noyade, mais au prix de sa propre vie.

phrase Common #4,043
son propre Renforce l’idée d’appartenance ou d’autonomie : « à lui », « à lui seul », parfois « tout seul » selon le contexte.
EN: He built his own house.
FR: Il a construit sa propre maison.

I have a friend who cuts his own hair.

J’ai un ami qui se coupe les cheveux lui-même.

It's time for him to start making his own decisions.

Il est temps qu’il commence à prendre ses propres décisions.

Those are his own words.

Ce sont ses propres mots.

— The Leopard (1963)

He's with his own kind.

Il est avec les siens.

— Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001)

My dragon got his own chair.

Mon dragon a eu sa propre chaise.

— System Crasher (2019)

It's his own business.

C’est son affaire à lui.

— Eat Drink Man Woman (1994)

Tom said he couldn't remember his own phone number.

Tom a dit qu’il ne se souvenait pas de son propre numéro de téléphone.

A philosopher is a man who can solve all problems, except for his own.

Un philosophe est un homme qui peut résoudre tous les problèmes, sauf les siens.

No man is a prophet in his own country.

Nul n’est prophète en son pays.

He doesn't even remember the names of his own children.

Il ne se souvient même pas du nom de ses propres enfants.

I swear, this kid couldn't tie his own fucking shoe if you didn't show him.

Je te jure, ce gamin ne saurait même pas lacer sa putain de chaussure si tu ne lui montrais pas comment faire.

— Mystic River (2003)

I heard it from his own mouth.

Je l’ai entendu de sa propre bouche.

— The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)

That means, Zhenya is flying to Leningrad, to attend his own wedding.

Cela signifie que Zhenya s’envole pour Leningrad afin d’assister à son propre mariage.

— The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath! (1976)

The student has his own website.

L’étudiant a son propre site web.

He saved my life at the risk of his own.

Il m’a sauvé la vie au péril de la sienne.

On the arrow that hits him, the bird sees his own feathers.

Sur la flèche qui le frappe, l’oiseau voit ses propres plumes.

You don't think he's gonna recognize his own dog that he loves?

Tu ne crois pas qu’il va reconnaître son propre chien, qu’il adore ?

— Marty Supreme (2025)

This is a man who has killed Communists with his own hands.

C'est un homme qui a tué des communistes de ses propres mains.

— Oppenheimer (2023)

He didn't recognize his own daughter.

Il n’a pas reconnu sa propre fille.

— Central Station (1998)

Every fucker's got his own movie playing inside his head.

Chacun se fait son propre film dans sa tête.

— Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 1 (2012)

He can 't even get his own things.

Il n’arrive même pas à récupérer ses propres affaires.

— My Friend Ivan Lapshin (1985)

God created man in his own image.

Dieu a créé l’homme à son image.

He did it of his own accord.

Il l’a fait de son plein gré.

Sami had dreams of opening his own comic bookstore.

Sami rêvait d’ouvrir sa propre librairie de bandes dessinées.

It is his own fault.

C’est entièrement sa faute.

He works day and night, ignoring his own health.

Il travaille jour et nuit, sans se soucier de sa propre santé.

— Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. (2003)

He was not conscious of his own mistake.

Il n’avait pas conscience de sa propre erreur.

This man would give his own life to protect mine.

Cet homme donnerait sa propre vie pour protéger la mienne.

— Neighboring Sounds (2012)

Every guy should have his own gun, so you don't have to share Kolya's.

Chaque gars devrait avoir sa propre arme, comme ça tu n’auras pas à partager celle de Kolya.

— Leviathan (2014)

Sourob has his own business in San Francisco and he's single.

Sourob a sa propre entreprise à San Francisco et il est célibataire.

— Piku (2015)

It's his own fault he died.

C’est sa propre faute s’il est mort.

— Carandiru (2003)

He's got his own idea.

Il a sa propre idée.

— La La Land (2016)

Each of us has his own hobby.

Nous avons chacun notre propre passe-temps.

This nigga don 't know how to watch his own back.

Ce négro ne sait même pas assurer ses arrières.

— Sinners (2025)

He's gonna open his own jazz club.

Il va ouvrir son propre club de jazz.

— La La Land (2016)

No man is a prophet in his own land.

Nul n’est prophète en son pays.

He doesn't understand that his actions work against his own interests.

Il ne comprend pas que ses actes vont à l’encontre de ses propres intérêts.

He'd never pick a child from one of his own classes.

Il ne choisirait jamais un enfant parmi ceux de ses propres classes.

— Lady Vengeance (2005)

He saved her at the cost of his own life.

Il l’a sauvée au prix de sa propre vie.

Mr Wickfield has troubles of his own.

M. Wickfield a ses propres problèmes.

— The Personal History of David Copperfield (2019)

That every child has his own capacity to lift the weight.

Que chaque enfant a sa propre capacité à soulever le poids.

— Like Stars on Earth (2007)

The key is his own body structure.

La clé réside dans la structure même de son corps.

— Kung Fu Hustle (2004)

Any man would get mad if his own son behaved like he did!

N'importe quel homme se mettrait en colère si son propre fils se comportait comme lui !

— Gully Boy (2019)

He can make his own decision.

Il peut prendre sa propre décision.

— Eat Drink Man Woman (1994)

Sami has more than enough trouble of his own.

Sami a déjà bien assez de problèmes comme ça.

The story is based on his own experience.

L’histoire est basée sur sa propre expérience.

He's out to save his own skin.

Il cherche à sauver sa peau.

— Yojimbo (1961)

I think that his father, your son, should be taking care of his own son.

Je pense que son père, votre fils, devrait s'occuper de son propre fils.

— Elena (2011)

But JP's agenda was not so much Faizal as much as his own father.

Mais les intentions de JP concernaient moins Faizal que son propre père.

— Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 1 (2012)

Tom can 't even write his own name yet.

Tom ne sait même pas encore écrire son propre nom.

Nobody is his own enemy.

Personne n’est son propre ennemi.

He left alone, of his own free will.

Il est parti seul, de son plein gré.

— Burnt by the Sun (1994)

He had his own keys.

Il avait ses propres clés.

— Diabolique (1955)

And what would I ask a guy who doesn't even know his own name?!

Et qu’est-ce que je pourrais bien demander à un type qui ne connaît même pas son propre nom ?!

— Ghost in the Shell (1995)

It's been three years since Bob started his own business.

Cela fait trois ans que Bob a créé sa propre entreprise.

Every man's destiny is in his own hands.

Le destin de chaque homme est entre ses propres mains.

He's afraid of his own shadow.

Il a peur de son ombre.

If we put a wall in here, a door over here, then Sasha can have his own room.

Si on installe un mur ici et une porte par là, alors Sasha pourra avoir sa propre chambre.

— Elena (2011)

Each scientist came up with his own theory to explain this phenomenon.

Chaque scientifique a élaboré sa propre théorie pour expliquer ce phénomène.

It's his own personal fortune.

C’est sa fortune personnelle.

— The Visitors (1993)

He saved the boy at the risk of his own life.

Il a sauvé le garçon au péril de sa vie.

It seems Mr. Sawchuk has a style all his own.

On dirait que M. Sawchuk a un style bien à lui.

— Goalie (2019)

He's aware of his own faults.

Il est conscient de ses propres défauts.

His wealth was inherited, not a consequence of his own business acumen.

Sa fortune lui venait de son héritage, et non de ses propres talents en affaires.

Anandji is opening his own centre.

Anandji ouvre son propre centre.

— Super 30 (2019)

Everyone believes Arthur Shelby took his own life on the bridge.

Tout le monde croit qu'Arthur Shelby s'est suicidé sur le pont.

— Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man (2026)

Every child has his own quality, own expertise, own desire.

Chaque enfant a sa propre qualité, sa propre expertise, son propre désir.

— Like Stars on Earth (2007)

His own centre?

Son propre centre ?

— Super 30 (2019)

No one can escape his own failure, and no one gets outta this city.

Personne ne peut échapper à son propre échec, et personne ne sort de cette ville.

— The Hand of God (2021)

He's facing his own failures.

Il fait face à ses propres échecs.

— Anatomy of a Fall (2023)

Tom went back to his own room and lay down.

Tom est retourné dans sa chambre et s’est allongé.

During war, he must protect the king with his own life.

En temps de guerre, il doit protéger le roi au péril de sa propre vie.

— Bāhubali: The Beginning (2015)

He told me about the accident as if he had seen it with his own eyes.

Il m’a parlé de l’accident comme s’il l’avait vu de ses propres yeux.

He had his own room.

Il avait sa propre chambre.

— Caché (2005)

He didn't own his own company.

Il ne possédait pas sa propre entreprise.

— American Gangster (2007)

No one is rich enough to buy back his own past.

Personne n’est assez riche pour racheter son propre passé.

The man couldn't so much as write his own name.

L’homme ne savait même pas écrire son propre nom.

Every fucker is trying to become the Hero of his own imaginary film.

Chaque connard essaie de devenir le héros de son propre film imaginaire.

— Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 1 (2012)

He'll follow his own path.

Il suivra son propre chemin.

God created man in his own image, God is a warrior.

Dieu a créé l’homme à son image ; Dieu est un guerrier.

You gave the money to his own hand?

Vous lui avez donné l'argent en main propre ?

— PK (2014)

My older brother bought his own house last month.

Mon frère aîné a acheté sa propre maison le mois dernier.

phrase Rare #29,359
son propre / à lui S’emploie généralement devant un nom pour insister sur le fait que quelque chose appartient à lui, et non à quelqu’un d’autre. Dans « on his own », l’expression signifie « seul » ou « par lui-même » ; ici, « own » ne se traduit pas séparément.
EN: He cleans his own room.
FR: Il nettoie sa propre chambre.

He cleans his own room.

Il nettoie sa propre chambre.

— Falling Down (1993)

John turned his back on the company and started on his own.

John a tourné le dos à l'entreprise et s'est mis à son compte.

Tom makes his own bed every morning.

Tom fait son lit tous les matins.

He belongs with his own kind.

Il est bien avec les siens.

— Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025)

Tom lives in his own world.

Tom vit dans son propre monde.

He needs to learn his own limits.

Il doit apprendre à connaître ses propres limites.

— The Wave (2008)

phrase Rare #31,279
à lui ; à elle ; à soi Exprime l’idée de possession personnelle, d’indépendance ou d’autonomie selon le contexte : « a house of his own » = « une maison à lui », « on his own » = « tout seul ».
EN: Il a une maison à lui, c’est-à-dire « his own » en anglais.
FR: He has a house of his own.

Does he have a child of his own?

A-t-il un enfant ?

— Lady Vengeance (2005)

He would have kept it for his own.

Il l'aurait gardé pour lui.

— The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)

Sami went back to Egypt to try to make a life of his own.

Sami retourna en Égypte pour essayer de se construire une vie.

He is now on his own.

Il est désormais seul.

The devil recognizes his own.

Le diable reconnaît les siens.

— City of God (2002)

Every subject's duty is the king's, but every subject's soul is his own.

Le devoir de chaque sujet appartient au roi, mais l’âme de chaque sujet n’appartient qu’à lui-même.

— Henry V (1989)