Language/French/Grammar/Coordination-of-stressed-pronouns
Only stressed pronouns can be coordinated with each other or with other noun by et, ou:
- Marianne et moi (NOT *je) en avons discuté à fond
Marianne and I have discussed it in depth
- Lui (NOT ""il) et vous devrez vous mettre d'accord
You and he ought to come to an agreement
- J'ai dit la même chose à vous et à lui (NOT *il)
I said the same thing to you and him
NB: The form the verb takes with coordinated subjects involving stressed pronouns is determined in the following way:
Don't hesitate to look into these other pages after completing this lesson: Possessive determiners, Omission of the article, "de" when an adjective precedes the noun & Conditional Mood.
If one of the pronouns is first person, the verb will be first person:[edit | edit source]
Lui et moi connaissons la famille He and I know the family Vous et moi connaissons la famille You and I know the family
In the absence of a first person pronoun, if one of the pronouns is second person, the verb will be second person:[edit | edit source]
- Vous et lui connaissez la famille
You and he know the family
A frequent way of expressing the notion 'somebody and I did X' is:
- Avec quelqu'un nous avons fait X
- Avec Christine nous avons ouvert les colis
Christine and I opened the parcels
Other Lessons[edit | edit source]
- Easy way of generating the imperfect subjunctive
- Typical use of the definite article
- Categories of Nouns in French
- Adjectives which normally occur before the noun
- Use of the definite article with superlatives
- Omission of the article in noun constructions linked by de
- Degree adverbs
- Relative Clause
- Verb forms — Conjugations
- Agreement of past participle if direct object is placed before
- Use of the definite article with names of languages
- Plural forms of adjectives — Adjectives which end in eau
- tard versus en retard
- Indirect object pronouns used in possessive constructions with body parts
- Active Voice and Passive Voice