No. 1,954 in French
siens
"Siens" means "his," "hers," or "its," referring to possessions or things belonging to someone.
In a sentence
Les livres sont les siens.
The books are his.
Here, 'siens' is a possessive pronoun, indicating ownership and agreeing in gender and number with 'livres'.
J'ai trouvé les stylos, mais je ne suis pas sûr qu'ils soient les siens.
I found the pens, but I'm not sure they are his.
In this sentence, 'siens' again serves as a possessive pronoun, representing ownership of the pens 'stylos' and conforming to their masculine plural form.
Les enfants jouent avec leurs jouets, mais Marie a dit que ce sont les siens.
The children are playing with their toys, but Marie said that these are hers.
Here, 'siens' refers back to 'jouets'. It functions as a possessive pronoun to assert ownership by Marie and matches the masculine plural form of 'jouets'.
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