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French Pronouns

Les Pronoms Personnels -- The Personal Pronouns

These are the 8 common personal pronouns, they are:

• Je (first person singular) = I
• Tu (second person singular) = You
• Il (third person singular/masculine) = He
• Elle (third person singular/feminine) = She
• Nous (first person plural) = We
• Vous (second person plural) = You (<-- used to speak with a group of people or to show respect to somebody)
• Ils (third person plural/masculine) = They
• Elles (third person plural/feminine) = They
• On (third person singular) = We/They/You/Somebody

Les Formes Accusatives -- The Accusative Forms

• Moi (for "Je") = Me
• Toi (for "Tu") = You
• Lui (for "Il"and "Elle") = Him/Her
• Nous
• Vous
• Eux (for "Ils" and "Elles") = Them
• On

Les Pronoms Réfléchis -- The Reflexive Pronouns

• Me (for "Je") = Me/Myself
• Te (for "Tu") = You/Yourself
• Se (for "Il", "Ils", "Elle", "Elles", and "On") = Himself/Herself/Themself
• Nous
• Vous

Related Lessons

• Agreement of the past participle following “être” with the subject of a passive
• Emphasizing the reciprocal use of se by adding l'un l'autre
• Intransitive verbs and auxiliary « avoir »
• Proper nouns
• Direct object and indirect object pronouns differences between English and French
• “être” and “avoir” with verbs used intransitively and transitively
• Relative pronouns
• Subject Verb Agreement — Agreement quantifiers numeral nouns
• Years
• How to Guess the Gender of French Nouns