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In French determiners agree in number and gender with the noun they qualify. its is translated by son + masculine noun : its nose = son nez ; by sa + feminine noun : its tail = sa queue ; BUT by son + feminine noun beginning with a vowel or mute h : its ear = son oreille ; and by ses + plural noun : its ears = ses oreilles.det son/sa/ses.

Big English-French dictionary. 2003.

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