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Coordination of subject pronouns
When clauses containing unstressed subject pronouns are coordinated by et, ou or ne ... ni, the second pronoun may be deleted:
- Elle se réveille et (elle) regarde l'horloge
She wakes up and looks at the clock
- Je ne lis ni (je) n'écris à présent
I am neither reading nor "writing at the moment
When the verb is accompanied by auxiliary avoir or être, if the subject pronoun is deleted, the auxiliary must be too:
- Il a chanté et (il a) dansé (NOT I1 a chanté et a dansé)
He sang and danced
Once you've mastered this lesson, take a look at these related pages: Possessive determiners, Omission of the article, Omission of plural indefinite des after the preposition de & Regular plurals in French.
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