Show pageOld revisionsBacklinksExport to PDFExport Page to HTML/PDFBack to top This page is read only. You can view the source, but not change it. Ask your administrator if you think this is wrong. ======Object pronouns====== =====Introduction===== <color #66cc00>Moi</color>, j'aime le cinéma, et <color #66cc00>vous</color> ? //Me, I love cinema, and you? (I do love cinema, what about you?)// \\ <color #66cc00>Toi</color>, tu détestes la piscine. Mais <color #66cc00>nous</color>, nous aimons nager. //You, you hate swimming pools. But we, we love swimming. (You do hate swimming, but we love swimming.)// \\ Vous voulez déjeuner avec <color #66cc00>moi</color> ? //Would like to have lunch with me?// \\ <color #66cc00>Elle</color>, elle est toujours en mission. Heureusement ses parents sont là et elle habite chez <color #66cc00>eux</color>. //She, she is always on a mission. Fortunately her parents are there and she lives with them. (Indeed, she is always on a mission. Fortunately her parents are there and she lives with them.)// \\ C'est un cadeau pour ton frère ? oui, c'est un cadeau pour <color #66cc00>lui</color>. //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)// ^