======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?)//

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<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.)//


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Vous voulez déjeuner avec <color #66cc00>moi</color> ?

//Would like to have lunch with me?//


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<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.)//


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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 ://

 

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//- 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?)//     

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//- Short answers ://

  * « Qui a trouvé la solution ? <color #66cc00>Moi</color>, madame ! »
  * //Who found the solution? Me, madame! (I did !)//

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- //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.)//
 
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//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 !//  
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- //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!//
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- //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 !//
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- //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)// ^