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en:grammaire:noms_adjectif:pronoms_personnels:tonique [2020/11/05 15:11] – [Object pronouns] heleneen:grammaire:noms_adjectif:pronoms_personnels:tonique [2023/02/14 14:31] (current) – external edit 127.0.0.1
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 ======Object pronouns======  ======Object pronouns====== 
-====Introduction====+=====Introduction=====
  
 <color #66cc00>Moi</color>, j'aime le cinéma,  et <color #66cc00>vous</color> ? <color #66cc00>Moi</color>, j'aime le cinéma,  et <color #66cc00>vous</color> ?
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 //Is it a present for your brother? Yes, it is a present for him//. //Is it a present for your brother? Yes, it is a present for him//.
 +
 +=====Use=====
 +//A « tonic pronoun » refers to people.//
 +
 + 
 +
 +//Used to ://
 +
 + 
 +
 +\\
 +//- emphasize another pronoun// :
 +
 +  * « <color #66cc00>Moi</color>, je t'adore !  Et <color #66cc00>toi</color>, tu m'aimes ? » 
 +  * //Me, I adore you ! And you, do you love me? (I do love you, what about you do you love me?)//     
 +
 +\\
 +//- Short answers ://
 +
 +  * « Qui a trouvé la solution ? <color #66cc00>Moi</color>, madame ! »
 +  * //Who found the solution? Me, madame! (I did !)//
 +
 +\\
 +- //Emphasize, or create a contrast ://
 +
 +  * « <color #66cc00>Lui</color> aimerait faire de la moto. Ses parents, <color #66cc00>eux</color>, ne veulent pas. »
 +  * //Him, he’d like to ride a bike. His parents, them, don’t want him to. (He’d like to ride a motorbike, but his parents don’t want him to.)//
 + 
 +\\
 +\\
 +//Also used with// 
 +
 +
 +
 + - __C’est__ //and// __ce sont__ (It is) :  
 +
 +  * Ce n'est pas <color #66cc00>moi</color>, c'est <color #66cc00>lui</color>
 +  * //It isn’t me, it’s him !//  
 +\\
 +- //With __et__ (and) and  __ou__ (or)  ://  
 +
 +  * <color #66cc00>Toi</color> __ou__ <color #66cc00>moi</color> ?  
 +  * //you or me?//
 +  * C'est <color #66cc00>lui</color> __ou__ <color #66cc00>moi</color> !  
 +  * //It’s him or me!//
 +\\
 +- //With prepositions ://  
 +
 +  * Il travaille __avec__ <color #66cc00>nous</color>. Aujourd'hui, il est __chez__ <color #66cc00>lui</color>.
 +  * //He works with us. Today it’s at his place.//
 +  * Tu déjeunes __avec__ <color #66cc00>moi</color> ?
 +  * //Are you having lunch with me?//
 +  * Voila un café __pour__ <color #66cc00>toi</color> !  
 +  * //Here’s a cup of coffee for you !//
 +\\
 +- //With comparatives ://
 +
 +  * Il est __plus grand que__ <color #66cc00>moi</color>.
 +  * //He is taller than me//
 +
 +=====Construction=====
 +There is a « tonic (object) pronoun » for each personal subject pronoun:
 +
 +^pronom personnel sujet^pronom tonique^
 +^je //(I)// ^moi //(me)//^
 +^tu //(You)// ^toi //(you)//^
 +^il //(he)// ^lui //(him)//^
 +^elle //(she)//^elle //(her)//^
 +^nous //(we)//^nous //(us)//^
 +^vous //(you)//^vous //(you)//^
 +^ils //(they-masculine)//^eux //(them-masculine)//^
 +^elles //(they-feminine)//^elles //(them-feminine)// ^
 +