Subject |
Direct Object |
Indirect Object |
Disjunctives |
je |
I |
me (muh) |
me |
me |
to me |
moi (mwah) |
me |
tu |
you |
te (tuh) |
you |
te |
to you |
toi (twah) |
you |
il |
he |
le |
him |
lui (lwee) |
to him |
lui |
him |
elle |
she |
la |
her |
lui |
to her |
elle |
her |
nous |
we |
nous |
us |
nous |
to us |
nous |
us |
vous |
you |
vous |
you |
vous |
to you |
vous |
you |
ils |
they |
les |
them |
leur |
to them |
eux (uh) |
them |
elles |
they |
les |
them |
leur |
to them |
elles |
them |
- The subject pronouns go before the conjugated verb forms.
- The direct and indirect Objectpronouns go before the verb unlike in English.
- They also go after the ne in a negative sentence and right before the verb.
- The disjunctive always go after prepositions, or can beused alone for emphasis.
Exemples :
I buy some pants. |
J’achète des pantalons. |
I buy them. |
Je les achète. |
I give the box to you. |
Je vous donne la boîte. |
I give it to you. |
Je vous la donne. |
After you. (familiar) |
Après toi. |
We go with her. |
Nous allons avec elle. |
He doesn’t leave her. |
Il ne la quitte pas. |
He leaves her. |
Il la quitte. |
I love you. |
Je t’aime. or Je vous aime. |
She doesn’t love him. |
Elle ne l’aime pas. |
Note: When you have more than one pronoun; me, te, nous,or vous come first, then le, la, or les, then luior leur. Me, te, le, and la contract to m’,t’, and l’ when they precede a vowel, the same way je does. In commands, the pronouns go after the verb, connected with a hyphen. And the pronoun order changes a little too: Le, la, orles come first; then moi, toi, (Me and te become moi and toiin commands) nous, or vous; then lui, or leur.
If you have pronouns, they go before the complete verb in regularsentences; but after the ne and before the form of avoir innegative sentences.
Nous lui avons parlé. |
We spoke to him/her. |
Vous en avez écouté trois. |
You’ve listened to three of them. |
Je t’ai demandé du pain. |
I asked you for some bread. |
Il ne l’a pas aimé. |
He didn’t like it/her/him. |
Tu n’y as pas habité. |
You didn’t live there. |
Je ne vous ai pas parlé. |
I didn’t speak (or haven’t spoken) to you. |
Nous ne l’avons pas fini. |
We didn’t finish (or haven’t finished) it. |
In the passé composé with avoir, direct objectpronouns only must agree in gender and number with the past participle.
Je les ai aimés. |
I liked them. |
Il l’a regardée. |
He watched her. |
Elles nous ont écouté(e)s. |
They listened to us. |
Note: Add an e if the pronoun is feminine, and ans if it is plural. The l’ could mean him or her,so you might not need to put the extra e on the past participle. The same for nous and vous. They must have an s becausethey are plural, but it is unclear as to whether they are masculine or feminine.