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Subject Pronouns
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Subject Pronouns
Subject pronouns are used when the
pronoun is the subject of the sentence.
You can remember subject pronouns
easily by filling in the blank subject space
for a simple sentence.
Example:
______ did the job.
I, you, he, she, it, we, and they all fit into
the blank and are, therefore, subject
pronouns.
In French, just like in English,
a sentence must have
a subject and a verb.
When studying French, you must
understand subject pronouns
before you can begin learning how
to conjugate verbs, because the
forms of verbs change for each
subject pronoun.
Subject Pronouns
1ST, 2ND, 3RD
Person Singular
• Je  I
• Tu  you
Il  He /it
Elle  She /it
On  one /we,
they, the people,
someone
1ST, 2ND, 3RD
Person Plural
• Nous  we
• Vous  you
Ils  They
Elles  They
French Subject Pronouns:
je = I
• Je contracts to j' when followed by a
vowel or mute h.
• Unlike I, in French je is only capitalized
at the beginning of a sentence.
Examples
French Subject Pronouns:
tu, vous = you
• French has two different words for you:
Vous is the formal and plural
tu and vous.
Tu is the familiar
you, which
demonstrates a
certain closeness
and informality.
Use tu when
speaking to one:
friend , peer,
you. It is used to show
respect or maintain a
certain distance or formality
with someone.
Use vous when speaking to
one: person you don't know
well, someone older, an
authority figure, or anyone
to whom you wish to show
respect.
Vous is also the plural you
Examples
French Subject Pronouns:
il, elle = he, she, it
• Il can refer to a male, he, as well a
masculine noun/object, it.
• Elle can refer to a female, she, or a
feminine noun/object, it.
Examples
French Subject Pronouns:
on = one, we, you, they
• On is the indefinite pronoun and literally
means one. It's often equivalent to the
passive voice in English.
• In addition, on is an informal
replacement for we, you, they,
someone, or people in general.
Examples
French Subject Pronouns:
nous = we
• The first person plural French
subject pronoun nous is used
exactly like we in English.
Examples
French Subject Pronouns:
ils, elles = they
• Ils is used for groups of men as well as
mixed-gender groups (Even when talking
about a room full of hundred women and one
man, you have to use ils- French male
domination!).
• Ils is also used for groups of all
masculine nouns and groups of mixed
masculine-feminine nouns.
• Elles can be used only when every single
person or thing you're referring to is
Examples
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