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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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