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ses propres

his/her own

→ son
phrase Uncommon #11,885
his/her own The possessive changes meaning with context; “ses” can mean his, her, or their, and “propres” emphasizes ownership.
FR: Elle a décoré sa maison avec ses propres idées.
EN: She decorated her house with her own ideas.

L'oiseau ne vole jamais trop haut, qui vole de ses propres ailes.

The bird that flies on its own wings never flies too high.

Aliokhine a monté cette station de ses propres mains !

Aliokhine built this station with his own hands!

— Salyut-7 (2017)

Ses propres gens ont tiré sur lui.

His own people shot him.

— Princesse Mononoké (1997)

Chacun pense à ses propres intérêts.

Everyone looks out for their own interests.

— La Vague (2008)

C'est important de connaître ses propres limites.

It's important to know your own limits.

La nature ne brise jamais ses propres lois.

Nature never breaks its own laws.

Un homme égoïste ne pense à rien sauf à ses propres sentiments.

A selfish man thinks of nothing except his own feelings.

Elle l'a étranglé de ses propres mains.

She strangled him with her own hands.

Chaque enfant a ses propres capacités, ses propres désirs, ses propres rêves.

Each child has their own abilities, their own desires, their own dreams.

— Des étoiles sur la terre (2007)

La nature ne rompt jamais ses propres lois.

Nature never breaks its own laws.

Mon grand-père fabriquait ses propres meubles.

My grandfather made his own furniture.

Ses propres serviteurs le détestaient.

His own servants hated him.

Le système est là pour résoudre ses propres problèmes.

The system is there to solve its own problems.

— Troupe d'Élite (2007)

Il suit ses propres règles.

He follows his own rules.

— The Shadow's Edge (2025)

Chaque année, Tom confectionne ses propres cartes de Noël originales.

Every year, Tom makes his own original Christmas cards.

M. Subodh n'a jamais apporté ses propres repas.

Mr. Subodh never brought his own meals.

— Article 15 (2019)

Emily peut composer ses propres chansons.

Emily can compose her own songs.

On doit apprendre de ses propres fautes.

We must learn from our own mistakes.

Il est important de connaître ses propres limites.

It is important to know your own limits.

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

He is a man who killed communists with his own hands.

— Oppenheimer (2023)

Il a fini par reconnaître ses propres erreurs.

He eventually recognized his own mistakes.

J'ai demandé à Keiko de cesser d'utiliser les autres pour ses propres fins.

I asked Keiko to stop using other people for her own ends.

Il a voyagé autour du monde en quatre-vingts jours par ses propres moyens.

He traveled around the world in eighty days on his own.

Nous n'avons pu le convaincre de ses propres fautes.

We couldn't convince him of his own mistakes.

Il me raconta l'accident comme s'il l'avait vu de ses propres yeux.

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

Avec ses propres règles.

With its own rules.

— Insaisissables 3 (2025)

Augmenter ses propres grades, ou abaisser les grades de ses adversaires.

Increase your own ranks, or lower the ranks of your opponents.

— 3 Idiots (2009)

On finit par croire ses propres mensonges.

Eventually, you start believing your own lies.

— Rashōmon (1950)

Il a formé ses propres alliances.

He formed his own alliances.

— Bullet Train (2022)

Il rit souvent de ses propres blagues.

He often laughs at his own jokes.

Grand Frère en tisse de nouvelles de ses propres mains.

Big Brother weaves new ones with his own hands.

— Les 3 Royaumes (2008)

Non, le Reich va s'en servir pour ses propres transactions.

No, the Reich will use it for its own transactions.

— Les Faussaires (2007)

Il est temps pour lui de commencer à prendre ses propres décisions.

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

Il a réparé sa montre par ses propres moyens.

He repaired his watch by his own means.

Hermione l'a vu de ses propres yeux.

Hermione saw it with her own eyes.

— Harry Potter et le Prince de sang-mêlé (2009)

Chacun a tiré ses propres conclusions.

Everyone drew their own conclusions.

Il ne se souvient même pas des noms de ses propres enfants.

He can't even remember his own children's names.

Tout le monde est responsable de ses propres actions.

Everyone is responsible for their own actions.

Ce sont ses propres mots.

These are his own words.

Mayuko a conçu ses propres vêtements.

Mayuko designed her own clothes.