Language/French/Grammar/Coordination-of-subject-pronouns

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