sa mère

his mother

→ son
phrase Extremely common #214
his mother Sa means his, her, or its before a feminine singular noun. The possessor is not shown in French, so sa mère can mean his mother or her mother depending on context.
FR: Marie téléphone à sa mère tous les soirs.
EN: Marie calls her mother every evening.

Le dimanche, il emmène sa mère à l'église.

On Sundays, he takes his mother to church.

Sa mère est à l’hôpital.

His mother is in the hospital.

C'était notre client, sa mère aussi, et tu dis qu'il habitait chez moi?

He was our client, and so was his mother, and you say he lived with me?

— Mirage (2018)

Tom est aussi petit que sa mère.

Tom is as small as his mother.

Elle a été élue, comme sa mère avant elle.

She was elected, like her mother before her.

— Atlantide, l'empire perdu (2001)

Elle est allée chez sa mère.

She went to her mother's house.

Sa mère lui manquait.

He missed his mother.

Oh, nique sa mère!

Oh, fuck his mother!

— La Haine (1995)

Elle n'oublie jamais d'envoyer un cadeau d'anniversaire à sa mère.

She never forgets to send her mother a birthday gift.

Nique sa mère!

Fuck his mother!

— La Haine (1995)

Maintenant je suis là, je suis sa mère.

Now I am here, I am his mother.

— Demain tout commence (2016)

Tom a-t-il aidé sa mère hier?

Did Tom help his mother yesterday?

C'est fou ce qu'il ressemble à sa mère.

It's amazing how much he looks like his mother.

— Le Garçon et le Héron (2023)

Elle a besoin de sa mère.

She needs her mother.

Sa mère va subir une lourde opération la semaine prochaine.

His mother will undergo a major operation next week.

Sa mère continuera à travailler.

His mother will continue to work.

Il courut vers sa mère dans la bibliothèque.

He ran to his mother in the library.

Elle a tué sa mère!

She killed her mother!

— Decision to Leave (2022)

Et une fourrure pour sa mère?

And a fur coat for his mother?

— La Main de Dieu (2021)

Elle devrait aider sa mère.

She should help her mother.

Betty tua sa mère.

Betty killed her mother.

Sa mère!

His mother!

— La Haine (1995)

Sa mère est morte et il n'a même pas le droit de la voir.

His mother has died, and he isn’t even allowed to see her.

— Le Dernier Empereur (1987)

C'est au fils d'appeler sa mère.

It's up to the son to call his mother.

Même sa mère ne le reconnaîtrait pas.

Even his mother wouldn't recognize him.

— Crazy Kung‐Fu (2004)

Tu seras comme son père et sa mère.

You will be like his father and mother.

Tom ne parle quasiment jamais français avec sa mère.

Tom almost never speaks French with his mother.

Je te dis qu'elle ressemble à sa mère.

I'm telling you, she looks like her mother.

Sa mère est si intelligente, elle ne fait pas le ménage.

Her mother is so intelligent, she doesn't do the housework.

— La petite Véra (1988)

Depuis son enfance, j'ai soigné sa mère.

I've been treating his mother since he was a child.

— Qui suis-je (2014)

Il ressemble à sa mère?

Does he look like his mother?

— Une grande fille (2019)

Tom ne voulait pas porter la chemise que sa mère lui avait offerte pour Noël.

Tom didn’t want to wear the shirt his mother had given him for Christmas.

Voilà, nique sa mère.

There you go, fuck his mother.

— La Haine (1995)

Sa mère lui a acheté avant notre divorce.

His mother bought it for him before our divorce.

— Sympathy for Mister Vengeance (2002)

Il a fait admettre sa mère dans le meilleur hôpital de New York.

He got his mother admitted to the best hospital in New York.

— Le Loup de Wall Street (2013)

Il va devoir aider sa mère en cuisine demain.

He's going to have to help his mother in the kitchen tomorrow.

Elle n'a jamais connu sa mère?

She never knew her mother?

— Une bataille après l'autre (2025)

Il devra aider sa mère en cuisine demain.

He will have to help his mother in the kitchen tomorrow.

Nique sa mère au maire!

Fuck the mayor!

— La Haine (1995)

Parce qu'il faut toujours obéir à sa mère.

Because you must always obey your mother.

— Les Quatre Cents Coups (1959)

Elle me rappelle beaucoup sa mère.

She reminds me a lot of her mother.

La jeune fille est sortie, peut-être pour suivre sa mère.

The young girl went outside, perhaps to follow her mother.

— L'Agent secret (2025)

Sa mère s'est suicidée.

Her mother committed suicide.

— Qui suis-je (2014)

Sa mère aurait dû le faire depuis longtemps.

His mother should have done this a long time ago.

Tout ce qu'elle veut, c'est sa mère.

All she wants is her mother.

Sa mère était une Kennedy.

His mother was a Kennedy.

Je lui ai dit d'aller sucer sa mère!

I told him/her to go suck his/her mother!

— Carandiru (2003)

Après la mort de sa mère Piku avait besoin de toi.

After her mother's death, Piku needed you.

— PIKU (2015)

Ils ont sa mère!

They have his mother!

— Predator : Badlands (2025)

Sa mère est incroyablement jeune.

Her mother is incredibly young.

— Le Château ambulant (2004)

Comme sa mère!

Just like her mother!

— A Taxi Driver (2017)

Elle se fait parfois couper les cheveux par sa mère.

She sometimes gets her hair cut by her mother.

Et sa mère?

And his mother?

Dan s'arrêta à une station d'essence pour appeler sa mère.

Dan stopped at a gas station to call his mother.

Dongho dit que Si-one voulait vendre les téléphones pour aider sa mère.

Dongho says that Si-one wanted to sell the phones to help his mother.

— Aucun autre choix (2025)

Un fils ne saurait abandonner sa mère souffrante.

A son could not abandon his suffering mother.

— Le repentir (1987)

Vous êtes sa mère?

Are you his mother?

— Les Bonnes étoiles (2022)

Elle est beaucoup plus grande que sa mère.

She is much taller than her mother.

Sa mère est policière.

His mother is a police officer.

Marie appela sa mère pour lui annoncer la bonne nouvelle.

Mary called her mother to tell her the good news.

Tom adorait sa mère.

Tom adored his mother.

Ça vient de sa mère.

It comes from his mother.

— Mademoiselle (2016)

Parce que sa mère est une actrice célèbre, et elle travaille et vit à Hollywood.

Because her mother is a famous actress, and she works and lives in Hollywood.

— La Nuit américaine (1973)

Il implora sa mère de le laisser aller à la fête.

He begged his mother to let him go to the party.

Oui, mais Morhange a peut-être envie de voir sa mère.

Yes, but Morhange might want to see his mother.

— Les Choristes (2004)

Sa mère l'accompagne toujours.

His mother always accompanies him.

Julio vivait avec sa mère et sa sœur.

Julio lived with his mother and sister.

— Y tu mamá también (2001)

Il a laissé sa mère et sa copine en France.

He left his mother and his girlfriend in France.

Je cherche sa mère, pas du travail.

I'm looking for her mother, not a job.

— Demain tout commence (2016)

L'enfant a été consolé par sa mère.

The child was comforted by his mother.

Sa mère parait jeune pour son âge.

His mother looks young for her age.

Tom est convaincu que sa mère ne veut pas manger maintenant.

Tom is convinced that his mother doesn’t want to eat now.

Sa mère a décidé de s'éloigner, dans l'espoir qu'un jour, son fils serait guéri.

His mother decided to distance herself, in the hope that one day her son would be healed.

— Mirage (2018)

Elle a perdu sa mère, jeune.

She lost her mother at a young age.

— Mother (2009)

Il est maintenant plus grand que sa mère.

He is now taller than his mother.

Chez sa mère.

At his/her mother's.

Il a appelé sa mère depuis l'aéroport.

He called his mother from the airport.

Voilà sa mère.

There’s his mother.

— Faute d'amour (2017)

Sa mère était chanteuse.

His mother was a singer.

Sa mère est décédée.

His mother died.

Comme sa mère est morte, vous lui laissez tout passer.

Since his mother died, you let him get away with everything.

— A Taxi Driver (2017)

C'est vrai qu'il dort avec sa mère?

Is it true that he sleeps with his mother?

— Mother (2009)

Il prit soin de sa mère après que son père mourut.

He took care of his mother after his father died.

Elle s'est disputée avec sa mère.

She had an argument with her mother.

Il essayait d'être sa mère!

He was trying to be his mother!

— Psychose (1960)

Elle va regarder sa mère mourir.

She's going to watch her mother die.

— Scream 7 (2026)

Le bébé veut sa mère.

The baby wants its mother.

J'ai parlé à sa mère.

I spoke to his mother.

Sa mère est morte quand il était jeune et sa grand-mère l'a élevé.

His mother died when he was young, and his grandmother raised him.

Choisir le petit Dirk pour sa mère et n'arriver à rien.

Choosing little Dirk for his mother and getting nowhere.

— Rushmore (1998)

En arrivant à la gare, elle a appelé sa mère.

When she arrived at the station, she called her mother.

Le fils de sa mère.

His mother's son.

— L'Agent secret (2025)

Il vit avec sa mère.

He lives with his mother.

— Même la pluie (2011)

Seule sa mère peut lui toucher le visage.

Only his mother is allowed to touch his face.

— Benni (2019)

Beth protesta, mais sa mère lui rappela qu'elle était terriblement grosse.

Beth protested, but her mother reminded her that she was terribly fat.

Sa mère et sa sœur étaient malades.

His mother and sister were sick.

Le bateau démon a tué sa mère juste devant ses yeux.

The demon ship killed his mother right before his eyes.

— Avatar : La Voie de l'eau (2022)

La personne que je pensais revoir, c'était sa mère, pas ce connard.

The person I thought I’d see again was his mother, not that asshole.

— Une bataille après l'autre (2025)

Mais, souvent, complètement sa mère.

But, often, completely his mother.

— Psychose (1960)

Elle est moins belle que sa mère.

She is less beautiful than her mother.

Willa a grandi sans sa mère.

Willa grew up without her mother.

— Une bataille après l'autre (2025)

Au théâtre, Kathy changea de place avec sa mère.

At the theater, Kathy switched seats with her mother.

Sa mère m’a quitté à cause du jeu.

His mother left me because of gambling.

— The Shadow's Edge (2025)

Écoutez, sa mère est en train de garer la voiture.

Listen, his mother is parking the car.

— Aucun autre choix (2025)

Ça doit être dur pour sa mère.

It must be hard for his mother.

— Bajrangi Bhaijaan (2015)

Mary ressemble plus à sa mère.

Mary looks more like her mother.

Elle est comme sa mère.

She is like her mother.

Jolie comme sa mère.

Pretty like her mother.

— Souvenirs de Marnie (2014)

Pour sa mère, c'était pareil.

It was the same for his mother.

— Les Quatre Cents Coups (1959)

Tom appelle sa mère.

Tom calls his mother.

L'enfant pleurait après sa mère.

The child was crying for his mother.

Tuer sa mère est le crime le plus effroyable.

Killing one's mother is the most horrific crime.

— Psychose (1960)

Il a besoin de sa mère.

He needs his mother.

— Faute d'amour (2017)

Elle n'est pas moins belle que sa mère.

She is no less beautiful than her mother.

Il n'a jamais pleuré devant sa mère.

He never cried in front of his mother.

— Departures (2008)

Sa mère vint le chercher.

His mother came to pick him up.

Et vu ce qui s'est passé entre lui et sa mère, je ne pensais pas être efficace.

And given what happened between him and his mother, I didn’t think I’d be effective.

— Dune : Deuxième partie (2024)

Sa mère dit qu'on lui a pressé des couches sur le visage quand elle était bébé.

Her mother says that diapers were pressed against her face when she was a baby.

— Benni (2019)

Il n'oublie jamais d'appeler sa mère pour son anniversaire.

He never forgets to call his mother on her birthday.

J'ai permis à Gloria de voir sa mère.

I allowed Gloria to see her mother.

— Demain tout commence (2016)

Tom demande à sa mère si elle peut lui acheter un nouveau jouet.

Tom asks his mother if she can buy him a new toy.

Cette fille, je l'ai fait naître, j'aimais beaucoup sa mère.

That girl—I delivered her. I was very fond of her mother.

— Bacurau (2019)

Elle est rentrée chez sa mère.

She went back to her mother's house.

Sa mère?

Her mother?

— L'Histoire personnelle de David Copperfield (2019)

Il travaille dur pour aider sa mère âgée.

He works hard to help his elderly mother.

Sa mère est morte le jour de son anniversaire.

His mother died on his birthday.

Et lui, sa mère est pakistanaise.

And as for him, his mother is Pakistani.

— Les Bonnes étoiles (2022)

Sa mère est une excellente pianiste.

His mother is an excellent pianist.

On dit que sa mère le cherche encore désespérément.

It is said that his mother is still desperately searching for him.

— La piel que habito (2011)

Son père mourut, et pour aggraver les choses, sa mère tomba malade.

His father died, and to make matters worse, his mother fell ill.

Gloria m'a demandé de voir sa mère.

Gloria asked me to see her mother.

— Demain tout commence (2016)

Sa mère lui a fait la leçon sur les gens des Bastides.

His mother gave him a lecture about the people of the Bastides.

— Jean de Florette (1986)

Il voulait seulement que sa mère soit heureuse.

He just wanted his mother to be happy.

Il est meilleur cuisinier que sa mère.

He is a better cook than his mother.

Elle n'est pas aussi belle que sa mère.

She isn't as beautiful as her mother.

Tom est plus grand que sa mère.

Tom is taller than his mother.

Nique sa mère, déjà je leur fais du placard.

Fuck his mother, I’m already doing time for them.

— La Haine (1995)

Tout comme sa mère.

Just like her mother.

— Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)

Sa mère t'appelle.

Her mother is calling you.

Je ne la vois jamais sans penser à sa mère.

I never see her without thinking of her mother.

Sa mère aussi?

His mother too?

— Rang de Basanti (2006)

Elle a rendu sa mère heureuse.

She made her mother happy.

Vas-y, explose lui sa mère!

Go ahead, blow him up!

— La Haine (1995)

Dong-soo pensait que sa mère serait l'exception des quarante.

Dong-soo thought that his mother would be the exception among the forty.

— Les Bonnes étoiles (2022)

Sans fois on lui a répété que son père était mort tout comme sa mère.

A hundred times, they told him that his father was dead, just like his mother.

— Les Choristes (2004)

Elle sait tout sur sa mère.

She knows everything about her mother.

— Demain tout commence (2016)

Tom demanda à sa mère de lui acheter un nouveau jouet.

Tom asked his mother to buy him a new toy.

Elle a souri en voyant sa mère.

She smiled when she saw her mother.

J'ai un bébé sur les bras, je trouve pas sa mère.

I have a baby in my arms, and I can't find its mother.

— Demain tout commence (2016)

Sa mère était à la maison.

His mother was at home.

Nico a oublié ses clés et sa mère dort.

Nico forgot his keys and his mother is asleep.

— Mirage (2018)

Sa mère est malade d'inquiétude à son sujet.

His mother is sick with worry about him.

Tu es sa mère.

You are his mother.

La fille ressemblait à sa mère.

The girl looked like her mother.

Ce bébé ressemble à sa mère.

This baby looks just like his mother.

Sa mère est prof d'anglais.

His/Her mother is an English teacher.

Évidemment, avoir tué sa mère ne prouve pas qu'elle a tué son mari.

Obviously, having killed her mother doesn't prove that she killed her husband.

— Decision to Leave (2022)

À ton avis, sa mère sait que Hyun-seo est morte?

Do you think her mother knows that Hyun-seo is dead?

— The Host (2006)

Elle ne voulait pas décevoir sa mère.

She didn’t want to disappoint her mother.

Une enfant qui a perdu sa mère?

A child who has lost her mother?

— Suzume (2022)

Aussitôt que l'enfant vit sa mère, il arrêta de pleurer.

As soon as the child saw his mother, he stopped crying.

Quel malheur, quand une fille rejette sa mère.

What a tragedy, when a daughter rejects her mother.

— Volver (2006)

Ne laissez pas sa mère le voir!

Don't let his mother see it!

— Vivre ! (1994)

Sa mère l'appelle.

His mother is calling him.

Vous me promettez de ne pas le dire à sa mère?

You promise me you won't tell his mother?

— Arrête-moi si tu peux (2002)

Yanni a aidé sa mère.

Yanni helped his mother.

Je ne pense pas qu'elle ressemble à sa mère.

I don't think she looks like her mother.

Le fils ressemble à sa mère.

The son resembles his mother.

Il a cru que je l'aiderais à voir sa mère.

He thought I would help him see his mother.

— मुन्ना भाई एम बी बी एस (2003)

Shan-Shan dit que Mme Liang cuisine encore plus mal que sa mère.

Shan-Shan says that Mrs. Liang cooks even worse than her mother.

— Salé, Sucré (1994)

C'est le genre de garçon qui envoie sa mère en excuse.

He's the kind of boy who sends his mother as an excuse.

— Le Château ambulant (2004)

Sa mère possède tous les ananas d'Hawaï.

Her mother owns all the pineapples in Hawaii.

— Chicago (2002)

Sa mère a empiré.

His mother's condition has worsened.

— Les Lundis au soleil (2002)

Tom est prêt à donner son rein pour sauver sa mère.

Tom is willing to donate his kidney to save his mother.

Elle a vu sa mère mourir de chagrin.

She watched her mother die of grief.

— Le Seigneur des anneaux : Les Deux Tours (2002)

Je suis sa mère.

I am his mother.

— The Legend of Bhagat Singh (2002)

J'ai vu sa mère.

I saw his mother.

Sa mère était concierge là où mon père travaillait.

His mother was the caretaker where my father worked.

— Rome, ville ouverte (1945)

L'autre appelait sa mère!

The other one was calling their mother!

— Taxi (1998)

Où est sa mère actuellement?

Where is his mother now?

— Don Juan DeMarco (1994)

Si c'est votre père, pourquoi vous comportez-vous comme sa mère?

If he's your father, why do you act like his mother?

— PIKU (2015)

Sa mère est en train d'écrire une lettre.

His mother is writing a letter.

Comme sa mère, d'ailleurs.

Just like her mother, for that matter.

— Pour l'éternité (2025)

Elle a repris le rôle de sa mère.

She took over her mother's role.

Il faut aimer sa mère!

You must love your mother!

Elle me dit que sa mère l'avait acheté pour elle.

She tells me that her mother had bought it for her.

Tom a aidé sa mère à décorer le sapin de Noël.

Tom helped his mother decorate the Christmas tree.

Tom s'est fait gronder par sa mère.

Tom got scolded by his mother.

Et sa mère qui était dimanche!

And his mother was there on Sunday!

— Pixote, la loi du plus faible (1980)

Elle m'a montré une photo de sa mère en étudiante.

She showed me a photo of her mother as a student.

Elle prétend aussi que sa mère était la maîtresse de papa.

She also claims that her mother was her father's mistress.

— Volver (2006)

Je ne trouve pas qu'elle ressemble à sa mère.

I don't think she looks like her mother.

Il tue trop, sa mère!

He kills too much, his mother!

— La Haine (1995)

Vous êtes sa mère, mais je crois qu'elle est mieux ici.

You are her mother, but I think she's better off here.

— Tout sur ma mère (1999)

Écoute, si tu le vois, dis-lui que sa mère le cherche.

Listen, if you see him, tell him his mother is looking for him.

— Lagaan (2001)

Sa mère est morte à sa naissance, des suites de l'accouchement.

His mother died giving birth to him, as a result of complications from childbirth.

— Une fiancée pas comme les autres (2007)

Il a été élevé en Amérique, sans que cela dérange sa mère.

He was raised in America, without it bothering his mother.

— Salé, Sucré (1994)

Non, sa mère.

No, his mother.

— Apocalypto (2006)

J'ai promis à sa mère, de prendre bien soin d'elle.

I promised her mother that I would take good care of her.

— Sacrifices of War (2011)

Sa mère l'a grondé.

His mother scolded him.